Indian Railways Multimedia

[Kunal Biswas]

Delhi-Shimla Shatapdi..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[adityakumar]

faulty loco design

Railway claims engine design not faulty
Indian Railway is on the defensive and in denial after CNN-IBN reported on Monday how at least 250 locomotives have faulty design. The diesel engines are being used despite Railway's internal enquiry terming them unsafe.

But the Railway has contradicted its own confidential internal reports on engines and called the report on the unsafe design of WDP4 locomotive "false".

"The features regarding unsafe design of WDP4 locomotive which is a diesel locomotive is not factually correct. All rolling stock which is introduced on Indian Railway goes through a rigorous process of approval, first from our own organisation called Research Design and Standard Organisation based at Lucknow and through the approval of Commissioner of Railway. It goes through three processes and WDP4 has gone to all three processes and it is not faulty. These Locomotives are safe and no collision has taken place in past. This information is incorrect," said Indian Railway spokesperson Anil Kumar Saxena.

According to the Railway the "fool-proof quality checks" discount any scope of error.

But CNN-IBN has found that there are over 250 faulty engines currently with the Railway.

Imported from the US, the WDP4 locomotive at a top speed of 160 kmph is the fastest in the country and hauls several super fast trains like Rajdhanis everyday. But their faulty design has a long hood in the front and so drivers are not only unable to sight the railway track ahead but shockingly also the signal, which could lead to an accident.

A railway safety report in 2006 has also pointed out the faulty design and even the drivers' memorandum has been blaming it. The drivers have reported that the "flaw in the engine may lead to a disaster".

In fact an accident was averted in June 2007 when Pushpak Express jumped a red signal but the driver stopped it just in the nick of time and blamed WDP4's faulty design. Citing the report as one of the reasons a few days later Railway decided to run Pushpak Express on electric locomotives.

Even a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report has indicted the engine design.

The reports said: "These locomotives were imported from USA bypassing requisite technical approvals. Their cost, Rs 390 crore was unjustified and that they are actually designed according to North American railway system and not the Indian one."

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This is what they get for ditching the WDP3 Pushpak for some American garbage.

with all due respect ...whomsoever has written this article has no knowledge about the indian railways...pls do not comment for the sake of commenting..

The WDP-4 is capable of hauling 24 coach trains at 110-120 km/hour. It has also been used for speed trials where it has hauled 8 coach trains at 160 km/hour....compared to the wdp3.. locomotives which are actually prototypes of the class WDP 1 and never entered serial production....not some american bullshit.....!!!

regarding the cab view's of he locmotive....here's a following link..to both the cab view's ...http://tvlw.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/wdp4-rear-lhf-cab-view/- rear cab view

http://tvlw.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/wdp4-front-cab-view/-front cab view...

there is absolutely no hindrance or obstacle in viewing the signal..in any case ..there are two persons always stationed in the engine..the alp and the lp....if the lp is not able to view the signal..on the other side he is operating from...then the alp can always inform him....this is a very small issue..which thanks to the media has been blown out of proportions...

 

[Tomcat]

Great Indian Peninsula Railway

East Indian Railway

Bengal-Nagpur Railway

Eastern Bengal Railway

 

[Tomcat]

The Bengal and Assam Railway

The South Indian Railway

North Western Railway

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

 

[pmaitra]

24 hours with Delhi Metro (1,2,3,4,5/5)

24 hours with Delhi Metro (1,2,3,4,5/5)

 

[pmaitra]

Indian Railways AC Double Decker Trains

Reposting from a different location:

My top pick!!!


View from upper deck:


View from lower deck:


Discussion on Technical Problems with 'Horizontal Lurching' (Bengali):


In the above video, most of it is visually understandable. Below are some of the conditions laid down by the Safety Commissioner that must be met prior to starting commercial passenger service:

• Maximum speed will be capped at 110 kmph (these carriages are capable of 160 kmph while most of the route tracks support upto 130 kmph).
• Between Howrah and Dhanbad, there are 12 places where the maximum speed should be 15 kmph.
• Between Dankuni and Shaktigarh, it cannot use the main line and will have to use the reversible third line on its way back.

Alterations have been made in the design for the new coaches that are 3.5 cm thinner than the previous ones and will be used in Mumbai-Ahmedabad and Delhi-Jaipur routes.

Some more videos:





Enjoy!!!

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Does India have anything like Eurailpass?

 

[pmaitra]

Does India have anything like Eurailpass?

Yes, please see the links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indrail_Pass
http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,2,320,380

 

[pankaj nema]

@ WG Ewald

for foreign tourists we have something called INDRAIL pass

for domestic tourists ie Indian citizens they can have what is called Circular Journey ticket
ie starting from home and going to several places and coming back

If you want more information visit Indian railways website

www.indianrail.gov.in

In the information section , there is one link for International tourists having all information

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Thank you both for these links.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

My Recent Tour, 3 months ago..

KALKA TO SHIMLA..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Returning:

 

[pmaitra]

Kunal, the some of the pics of your return trip looks like that of Lake Chilka. Are you from or do you live in Bhubaneswar?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Yes, Its Chilika, I am some where near but still far....

 

[pmaitra]

Yes, Its Chilika, I am some where near but still far....

Cool, I lived in Bhubaneswar for 4.5 years.

 

[Shaitan]

 

[Shaitan]

Mumbai Metro under construction

 

[Shaitan]

More Mumbai Metro pics

Jaiput Metro under construction

 

[Shaitan]

Chennai Metro under contraction