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Indian Railways (reporting mark IR) is an Indian state-owned enterprise, owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. It is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of 65,808 km (40,891 mi) and 7,112 stations. In 2014-15, IR carried 8.397 billion passengers annually or more than 23 million passengers a day (roughly half of whom were suburban passengers) and 1058.81 million tons of freight in the year. In 2014–2015 Indian Railways had revenues of ₹1634.50 billion (US$24 billion) which consists of ₹1069.27 billion (US$16 billion) from freight and ₹402.80 billion (US$5.9 billion) from passengers tickets.
Railways were first introduced to India in the year 1853 from Mumbai to Thane. In 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit, the Indian Railways, becoming one of the largest networks in the world. IR operates both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow gauges. It also owns locomotive and coach production facilities at several places in India and are assigned codes identifying their gauge, kind of power and type of operation. Its operations cover twenty nine states and seven union territories and also provides limited international services to Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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WAP - 4 is a common electric locomotive used in India. It is capable of hauling 26 coaches at a speed of 140 km/h.
The locomotive was developed after a previous class WAP-1 was found inadequate to haul the longer, heavier express trains (24-26 coaches) that were becoming the mainstay of the Indian Railways network. It was introduced in 1994, with a similar bodyshell to the WAP-1 class, but with Hitachi traction motors developing 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) (5,350 hp or 3,990 kW starting).
Electricals are traditional DC loco type tap changers, driving 6 traction motors arranged in Co-Co fashion. This locomotive has proved to be highly successful, with over 800 units in service. Newer examples have been fitted with Microprocessor Controlled diagnostics, Static Converter units (instead of arnos) and roof mounted Dynamic (Rheostatic) Brakes.
The locomotive can be seen in service across the electrified network of Indian Railways and is homed at 14 sheds (depots).
The last locomotive produced by the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) was numbered 25051 in December 2015 and production of this locomotive has been stopped.
Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches are the passenger compartments of Indian Railways that have been developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany (renamed Alstom LHB GmbH in 1998 after the takeover by Alstom) and produced by Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, India. They have been used since 2000 on the Indian Broad Gauge (1676 mm) network of Indian railways. Initially, 24 air conditioned coaches were imported from Germany for use in the Shatabdi Expresses, after which the Rail Coach Factory started manufacturing after technology transfer. The coaches are designed for an operating speed up to 160 km/h and could go up to 200 km/h. However, they have been tested up to 180 km/h. Their length of 23.54 m and a width of 3.24 m means a higher passenger capacity, compared to conventional rakes (US: consists). The tare weight of the AC chair car was weighed as 39.5 tonnes.
They are considered to be "anti-telescopic", which means they do not get turned over or flip in case of a collision (chiefly head-on). These coaches are made of stainless steel and the interiors are made of aluminium which make them lighter as compared to conventional rakes. Each coach also has an "advanced pneumatic disc brake system" for efficient braking at higher speeds, "modular interiors" that integrate lighting into ceiling and luggage racks with wider windows. The improved suspension system of LHB coaches ensures more riding comfort for the passengers compared to conventional rakes. The air conditioning system of the LHB coaches is of higher capacity compared to the older rakes and is controlled by a microprocessor which is said to give passengers better comfort than the older coaches during summer and winter seasons. They are relatively quieter as each coach produces a maximum noise level of 60 decibels while conventional coaches can produce 100 decibels. Each LHB coach costs between ₹ 15 million to 20 million, whereas the power car which houses a generator costs about 30 million.
this video gives you basic information about LHB and ICF coaches which are used in Indian Railways.
First of all Merry Christmas to all my subscribers, hope the festival brings joy in your lives! As seen in the recent past, Indian Railways is taking a big step forward as they are planning to replace all the older ICF coaches of all trains with the much safer and faster Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches which were initially imported from Germany now ingenuously manufactured at RCF Kapurthala, MCF, Raibareilly and ICF Chennai. LHB coaches are capable of running at 200Kmph but due to track limitations they are restricted upto only 160Kmph(For AC) and 130Kmph(For non-AC) versions. More info about LHB coaches can be found in below links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHB_Coaches https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-merits-of-LHB-coaches-over-ICF-coaches Seen here is a compilation of vario...
Hello friends this is Shubham kumar come back with another video In Today’s video, I’ll discuss with you about the Type of Coaches used in Indian Railways So Basically, Railway two Types Coaches in its operation namely called ICF and LHB. The ICF Stands for Integral Coach factory and The LHB stands for Linke Hofmann Busch. The ICF coaches are Conventional type Coaches and Providing their for Railways since 1950. These ICF Coaches are Manufactures in Perambur Chennai. But the in the Morden era Railways Start showing their soft side Towards LHB Coaches as they have much more Pro’s as compared to ICF Coaches. The LHB manufactures in Kaputhala Punjab and in Raebareli, Railway Also Going setup Two Rail Coach Factory for LHB Coaches in Palakkad(Kerala), and Another one in Kolar(Karnataka). Thes...
Watch back to back high speed actions of LHB and ICF trains coming to and from Howrah . The following trains can be seen in this video . ** 12303 Howrah - New Delhi Poorva Exp | HWH WAP 4 #22327 ** 12317 Kolkata - Ambala Cantt. Akal Takht Exp | HWH WAP 4 #22310 ** 12312 Kalka - Howrah Mail | HWH WAP 4 #22409 ** 12260 New Delhi - Sealdah Duronto | HWH WAP 4 #22375 ** 13020 Kathgodam - Howrah Bagh Exp | ED WAG 7 ** 11448 Howrah - Jabalpur Shaktipunj Exp | HWH WAP 4 #22521 Location :- Maknar on Barddhaman - Asansol Quadruple section of Easter Railway Date :- 20th Dec , 2015 Device :- Canon SX 50 HS
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Wednesday has become a red hot faavourite day for railfanning in Hwh - Kgp SER stretch , since the latest additon of the two new LHB trains 12504 Kamakhya - Bengaluru Humsafar Express (via Howrah ) and the newly inaugirated 22877/8 Howrah - Ernakulam - Howrah Antyoday Exp , the first of it`s kind in Indian Railways Network . Two more videos in thiS series are 12277 Howrah - Puri Shatabdi Express and the 12773 Shalimar - Secunderabad AC Express . Enjoy all the LHB actions at full speed and the respective track sounds . Lastly , dont forget to Subscribe for more video upadtes . ++Watch Chennai - Santragachi AC Express in Full Speed at Khirai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRrbS8uuS48 ++Watch [12 in1] SER High Speed Compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNfBLJUrVvM Loction :- Ghor...
I know she's gone again
I saw her walking up the track
God only knows when she will be back
The only thing I know as sure as
Morning starts the day
When she comes home again
This is what they'll all say.
Recycle Sally coming round again
Recycle Sally we all know where you've been
Recycle Sally why can't the fools see
Recycle Sally Recycle Sally Recycle Sally
That you recycle to me.
Now Sally ain't about to start to get settled down
She likes to circulate herself all around town
She might get abused and crushed all out of shape