Yard & Types of Yard

20-11-2021

YARD    A yard may be defined on the basis of the functions it performs. It is a place or the activity centres on the Railway system, where the trains or rolling stocks are received, reformed into trains or loads after marshalling and are dispatched to their destination. Necessity of Yard   1. Formation of trains/loads by shunting of wagons as per their destinations.   2. To conduct intensive examination of trains/wagons.    3. For shunting of sick wagons in order to detach them from train for repairing.    4. To change engine or crew.    5. Acceptance of train without detention to them.    6. Minimizing average detention of wagons.    7. Forming Bulk load

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Scrap Disposal Rule
December 12, 2020

12.1.0 Definition Of Scrap : Scrap can be defined as the material, which is no longer useful to the Railways for the purpose for which it was originally purchased or obtained. Scrap also consist of arisings of waste material from manufacturing and repairing processes such as turnings and borings, sweepings, foundry dross, off cuts of metals,

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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
December 12, 2020

13.1.0 Definition Of Inventory : The Dictionary meaning of Inventory is 'a list of goods'. In a wider sense, inventory can be defined as an idle resource which has an economic value. It is however, commonly used to indicate various items of stores kept in stock in order to meet future demands. In any organization, there may be

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RETURNED STORES
December 12, 2020

11.1.0 Introduction to Returned Stores : As per para 1601 of Indian Railways Code for Stores Department all stores which have been previously issued for the services of the Railway and are no longer required on a work should normally be returned to the nominated Stores Depot. As debits are raised to user departments for the materials

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ISSUE AND DISTRIBUTION OF STORES
December 12, 2020

10.1.0 Introduction to Issue and Distribution of stores : Stores Depot receives, inspects and stores various materials for the basic purpose of issuing them to various consumers of the Railways. These consumers may be various subordinates/officers of the divisions or other units such as workshop etc. and they may require the materials either

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Receipt And Inspection of stores
December 12, 2020

9.1.0 Responsibility for Receipt and Inspection of Stores :   Receipt and Inspection of Stores is one of the very important activities because quality of incoming stores depends upon the effective inspection. Therefore, all the Stores depots have separate `Receipt' and Inspection' section. This Receipt section is generally under the charge of

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TENDER EVALUATION AND MISCELLANEOUS POLICY ISSUES IN PURCHASES
December 12, 2020

8.1.0 Consideration Of Tenders : Some of the important points to be kept in mind while tenders are under finalisation are discussed below: (a) Attempt should always be made to finalize the tenders within the validity of the offer. All tenderers prescribe a definite date (known as validity date of offer) by which if decision is not taken by

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