Subhash, what i am saying is don't run diesel on an electric sector. Why run a specialized WCAM on a sector where a WAP/WAM can do the job. Tell me why is the 12293/94 Duronto Express using a WCAM when some of the other trains are using WAP or WAM's? WCAM engines are more valuable to trains working on the CST line, what are they doing hauling trains out of LTT ? A typical train from CST to Pune takes 4 hrs, so for a up & down run of 8 hrs IR is literally blowing smoke in the face of electrification. IR has been using WAG's on passenger trains & most of the time i have found the trip shed... more...
IR should use electric engines until Pune atleast. It is a criminal waste of precious diesel when trains like Indrayani Express, Siddeshwar Express, Udyan Express run on diesel instead of WCAM's on the Mumbai - Pune sector.
Folks in this forum will continue to give the standard reply of "it's a waste of time" as if we are not aware of that. There are several routes like this where diesel is being wasted every hour unnecessarily. The effect of this wastage will have cascading effects 10 years down the line.
Well Raghu, all we can hope is that someone reasonably high up in the railway administration reads our concerns & perhaps tries to make a change. Passing the buck to the next guy can only work so long.
South Western Railway (SWR) has replaced the conventional ICF coaches of Train number 07355/07356 Hubballi Rameshwaram Hubballi and Train number 12777/12778 Hubballi Kochuveli Hubballi Express with LHB coaches.
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जंक्शन के अत्याधुनिक होने की प्रक्रिया के साथ पार्सल की जांच व्यवस्था को भी रेलवे ने डिजिटल कर दिया है। इसे लेकर जंक्शन के पार्सल कार्यालय के बाहर... मुजफ्फरपुर।...
दक्षिण पूर्व रेलवे के चक्रधरपुर मंडल से होकर गुजरने वाली कई ट्रेनें देरी से पहुंचने के कारण रैक के अभाव में कई ट्रेनों को रिशिड्यूर कर दिया गया... चक्रधरपुर,...
In response to past confusions with Train/Station updates and resulting fights and controversies, the following clear and objective guidelines are being issued, with no room for any arguments or debates about validity. Also, included, some other changes with respect to Ratings.
1. All Red Ratings will require further explanation. Red Ratings won't...
As announced previously, there are a few changes coming to IRI user accounts, based on past practices.
1. As before, you will be able to quickly DELETE your IRI User account at ANY time. However, the menu option for this was hidden in the profile page, and could not easily be located....
A new feature will be released soon, whereby you can follow blogs tagged with specific Trains & Stations. If you have already posted blogs tagged with some Train/Station, then you will be set to automatically follow that Train/Station. Thereafter, any future news/blogs tagged with those Trains/Stations will be marked to your...
These days, every other day, we are getting requests from members to allow email login to their FB-based IRI account. 10 years ago, we had given the option for users to login through FaceBook - in retrospect, this was a mistake. These days, apparently, users are quitting FaceBook in droves because...
Followup to: Fmt Changes
The new version of FmT 2.0 will soon be here - in about 2 weeks. As detailed in the previous announcement, many of the old FmT features like Train TT, Speedometer, Geo Location, etc. will be REMOVED. It will be a bare-bones simple app, focused on trip blogging.
It...
There are some changes coming to FMT. Many of the features of FMT, like station arrival, TT, speed, geo, passing times, station time, etc. are ALREADY available in OTHER railway apps. So all of these features will be REMOVED.
We'll have ONLY BLOGGING - quick upload of pics/videos/audio, etc. You may attach...
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