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23-10-2020

भारतीय रेल पहली बार बैग्स ऑन व्हील्स सेवा की शुरुआत करने जा रही है। उत्तर रेलवे का दिल्ली मंडल रेलयात्रियों के लिए ऐप आधारित बैग्स ऑन व्हील्स सेवा शुरू करने वाला है। उत्तर और उत्तर मध्य रेलवे के महाप्रबंधक राजीव चौधरी ने बताया कि रेलवे लगातार नए उपायों से राजस्व को

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What about other articulated locomotives?
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What about other articulated locomotives? Other than the Garratts mentioned above a few articulated locos were used in India. Perhaps the best known are the WCG-1 (EF/1) 1.5kV DC locos ('Crocodile') and the NDM-1 dual-engined diesel loco for the Neral-Matheran hill run. The bonnets of both these types of locos were able to swivel around. Other

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Were Garratts used in India?
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Were Garratts used in India? Yes. Bengal Assam Railway had 2-6-2+2-6-2 Meter Gauge Garrats made by Beyer Peacock & Co. Manchester, the same maker of the earlier Garrats in Burma. A B/W picture of Garrats from Bengal Assam Railway appears on page 19 of Indian Locomotives, Part 2 (Meter Gauge) by Hugh Hughes. There were also a few 4-8-2+2-8-4

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Which locos are the rarest ones on IR?
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Which locos are the rarest ones on IR? The situation is changing all the time with many old locos reaching the end of their useful lives. The list below shows the loco classes that can be considered as being really rare on the IR network . YAM-1 : Only at Tambaram (SR), decommissioned and probably scrapped by now but were occasionally used for

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Where can I find pictures of various kinds of locomotives?
June 20, 2019

Where can I find pictures of various kinds of locomotives? Two other good places to start are the loco picture pages at the Indian Train Gallery and RailInIndia. See S Shankar's IR pages for dozens of links and pages on different kinds of locomotives with pictures. ये भी पढ़े - इंडिया की इन खतरनाक

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Does IR have push-pull operations?
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Does IR have push-pull operations? Push-pull operations are seen in a few places. The Bangalore-Mysore Passenger has a loco at one end and driving trailer cab at the other end for true push-pull operation. The trailer cab is sometimes seen in the middle of a rake instead of the very end (Bangalore-Arsikere-Nanjangud Passenger) The 6057/6058

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How many locomotives does IR have in its fleet?
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How many locomotives does IR have in its fleet? As of 1998, IR operated a fleet of about 4,400 diesel locos, and about 2,550 electric locos. In mid-1997, it still counted 85 steam locos in its fleet, although most of those are not in service any more (see the section on the last of steam. In 2005, IR had about 4,800 diesels, 3,065 electrics, and

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