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Posted: Aug 25 2015 (09:41)
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Last Response: Sep 07 2015 (23:42)
14 Responses
Last Response: Sep 07 2015 (23:42)
How does a division/station decide on the locomotive links of a train.
How is it decided so as to allocate a particular locomotive to a particular train!
And why is that some "Super slow crawlers" like howrah amristar, toofan express and kolkata chitpur get high speed locomotive Wap4, whilst relatively much faster trains like kolkata ahmedabad via cic and hwh-rnc intercity(via er and ecr run) get Wam4s!
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How is it decided so as to allocate a particular locomotive to a particular train!
And why is that some "Super slow crawlers" like howrah amristar, toofan express and kolkata chitpur get high speed locomotive Wap4, whilst relatively much faster trains like kolkata ahmedabad via cic and hwh-rnc intercity(via er and ecr run) get Wam4s!
Shouldn't...
more...
1 Public Posts - Tue Aug 25, 2015
1 Public Posts - Wed Aug 26, 2015
6 Public Posts - Thu Aug 27, 2015
Loco allotment is usually based on loco availability in the trip shed, and in some cases like trains with extremely aggressive schedules, allotment may be based on schedule requirements. But more often than not, it's based on loco availability.
Also, even if a train is a 'Super slow crawler', it's because the train has too many stops. Even crawlers have regular runs at MPS in between stations. It's not like they are made to run at lesser speed. they just have most stops/less priority which makes their run time longer. Both the 'fast' trains and the 'slow' trains run at 110kmph in some sections during their run.That way it's justified that they get normal passenger locos like...
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Also, even if a train is a 'Super slow crawler', it's because the train has too many stops. Even crawlers have regular runs at MPS in between stations. It's not like they are made to run at lesser speed. they just have most stops/less priority which makes their run time longer. Both the 'fast' trains and the 'slow' trains run at 110kmph in some sections during their run.That way it's justified that they get normal passenger locos like...
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4 Public Posts - Thu Aug 27, 2015
1 Public Posts - Mon Sep 07, 2015