SBC - Kranti Veera Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru: Station in Garden - Dinesh Kumar

#LHB:- These coaches were imported from Alstom LHB (Geramany). These coaches have a stainless steel shell mounted on FIAT bogies fitted with Disc breaks. The coaches are longer than the ICF coaches and due to this, they were able to accommodate more passengers per coach and all the coaches of this design have CBC couplers. Even though the coaches were imported with ToT (transfer of technology) localisation has not reached the bogies and due to this, the FIAT bogies are being imported and are expensive. These type of coaches are certified fit to run at 160 Kmph.
#Hybrid #LHB :- We can either call it an innovation/cost cutting by RCF, which mounted the LHB shell on improved ICF bogies...
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by including a Yaw dampner for improved riding quality. But due to this, the MPS of such Hybrid coaches has been restricted to 130 Kmph. The comments are that, even with improved ICF bogie, the ride quality is bad than the original LHB coaches with FIAT bogies.

* LHB coaches are anti-telescopic and does not turn turtle in case of a derailment.

* LHB coaches are made of stainless steel as compared to mild steel (which is a less ductile material and also heavier then stainless steel) in ICF coaches, this increases its shock bearing capacity in case of a mishap.
* LHB coaches have Disc...
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brakes whereas ICF coaches have thread brake system hence shorter stopping distance.
* The coupling system in LHB coaches reduces the relative motion between two coaches and also prevents one coaches rising on the other in case of an mishap.
*None of the coaches turned turtle despite a high speed derailment and there was no loss of life, and all this was attributed to LHB coaches in the Dibrugarh Rajdhani express