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The locos are serviced and inspected much more frequently than the coaches since they return to their base stations after fewer journeys. Plus passenger trains will have to use the high-rise OHE for very short distances and only in areas with double stack ready ICDs i.e. only Gurgaon-Manesar so far. So in my opinion it's unlikely that the high-rise OHE will have any issues. But I guess we'll have to wait and see ![]() Quote:
While there are electrified tracks beyond the current DFC running till the ports, the OHE is not high-rise. So till the DFC is completed to Palanpur Junction in Gujarat (the place where the trains exit the DFC to go to Mundra and Pipavav) and the infrastructure in Gujarat has high-rise OHE, container trains will continue to use diesel locos from origin. However in a situation where the train runs on the electrified section from origin, they'll be forced to wait at the exit point and switch to a diesel locomotive for the non-viable part of the journey. Last edited by vb-san : 15th January 2021 at 11:47. Reason: Back to back posts merged. Thank you | ||
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| ![]() IR have run a 3.5 km long good trains with 295 wagons yesterday. This is equivalent of 5 normal goods trains end to end. The interesting aspect is that the loop lines at stations to permit passenger trains to overtake goods trains would have been short to accommodate this rake - which means this specific train would have done the journey without any stoppage. Indian Railways continues to amaze in very unique ways. |
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| ![]() This is what is a single train long in the real sense, as the entire train was run with DPWCS with just 1 set of crew in the lead loco and the rest controlled wirelessly. |
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I am aware of the main challenge that the DFCCIL is facing but unfortunately I'm not at liberty to publicly state it. In short it'll be at least Q2 of the 21-22 fiscal if not Q3. The section beyond that till JNPT should be a year more if all goes relatively according to schedule. Quote:
It is indeed only one crew operating the 1.5km container train but there's two crews for operational efficiency further down the line. The logic behind that is that the trains once they reach the end point of the DFC (since it doesn't run directly to the ports yet), they can split immediately and head to the respective ports as two individual trains with their respective locomotives. | ||
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| ![]() I had heard there was a double stack container train accident, derailment. I searched but could not find the relevent news link. Grateful if someone can shed some information on it. Thank you. |
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