Indian Railway में कई बड़े बदलाव, हाई स्पीड वाली ट्रेनों में होंगे केवल AC डिब्बे

13-10-2020

रेल मंत्रालय ने भारतीय रेलवे में कई अहम और बड़े बदलाव करने का फैसला किया है. भारतीय रेलवे ने हाई स्पीड नेटवर्क को अपग्रेड करने के लिए 130 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटे या इससे अधिक स्पीड के सभी ट्रेनों में केवल एसी कोच लगाने का फैसला किया है. हालांकि पीयूष गोयल के नेतृत्व वाली

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What’s the cause of the characteristic jerk or momentary loss of power felt when a WDM–2 accelerates? The WDM-2 loco, like most diesel-electric locos, has several configurations of its traction motors that are used as the loco accelerates from rest (Series Parallel - Series Parallel Shunt - Parallel - Parallel Shunt, and weak field

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What’s the method that IR uses to couple together multiple locos? or, What’s ‘Locotrol’? Two to four or so locos can usually be coupled together to operate automatically, without any special provisions, with the crew manning only one of them. (This mode of operation is known as ‘Multiple Unit’ operation, or ‘MU’.) Using more than

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What’s the ‘tractive effort’ of a locomotive? The ‘tractive effort’ is a measure of how large a load the loco can pull and set in motion from a standstill — the maximum force it can exert at the drawbar or coupling. While the raw horsepower rating of the loco is important, it is not the whole story. The loco's weight also comes into

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Which were the earliest electric locomotives in India? Two MG electric locos using overhead electrification were supplied to the Mysore Gold Fields in 1910 by Bagnalls of Stafford. Electrical equipment for these was supplied by Siemens. Electrically operated rail trolleys (patented by T A White, an EIR engineer, and hence known as White's

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Other than diesels, were there other internal-combustion locos used in India?
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Other than diesels, were there other internal-combustion locos used in India? For contemporary applications, see the section on alternative fuels. In 1905 Kerr Stuart delivered a 12hp 0-4-0 petrol-driven 2'6" loco to Morvi Railway and Tramways. In 1909, a railcar with a Dodge petrol engine was supplied to the Matheran Light Rly. In 1909, a

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Which were the earliest diesel locomotives in the Indian subcontinent?
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Q. Which were the earliest diesel locomotives in the Indian subcontinent? In 1915, a 2'6" gauge diesel loco was supplied to the India Office by Avonside (Bristol). This is presumed to have worked on some tea plantation in Assam. In 1921, a 2'0" gauge 0-4-0 diesel loco built by Baugleys of Burton-on-Trent was delivered to Bengal. In 1923,

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