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Blog Entry# 5908525
Posted: Dec 12 2023 (08:30)

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Dec 12 2023 (08:30)   12116/Siddheshwar SF Express | TNA/Thane (10 PFs) | KYN/WDP-4D/40361
Vivek.Venugopalan^~
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SOLAPUR - CSMT Siddheshwar SF Express arrives at Thane with Kalyan WDP-4D 40361.

This train has been running with diesel traction for a while and it is utter waste of resources in running a train with diesel traction on a fully electrified route. You are not only burning diesel for pulling the train but EOG is also consuming a hell lot of it.
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The electrification of lines hasn't happened in a fortnight and they had enough time to pre-plan and demand the locos and get them allocated. Besides, it has been more than a year since the Konkan section and the Mumbai - Solapur - Chennai section have been electrified and still they are struggling with electric locomotives.

The inefficiency at Central Railways is at its peak currently where they have been incompetent in getting e-locos allocated while other zones get it easily.

Very sad state of affairs being a railfan from CR Zone.

Vivek

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Dec 12 2023 (19:53)
Himanshuu_Sharma~
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I agree that this is complete waste of fuel & cost but this is happening because of wrong planning from Railway board it self. they could have electrified section in phase wise manner considering long fleet of diesel locomotives and their utilizations.

First they started 100% electrification targets and later scrapped AlCo's which were in service[some of them overaged and must be scrapped] & some of them gifted to Bangladesh. Recently built and mainline fit WDM3D's are getting scrapped and being utilized in departmental use. This is complete waste of huge funds
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which were used in production of locomotives.

They still repeating same mistake by electrifying few routes where hardly 5 trains run per day including Freight & Passengers. instead of doubling the sections and speeding up trains they all are just busy in electrification.

Coming to Central railways, I never seen such hopeless zone, they don't even plan and act. Home zone trains are running on BSL/WAG5 and AQ/KYN/WAG9 links and their WAP7 fleet on Bharat Bhraman Tour. There is huge shortage of passenger locomotives mainly WAP7 but they are just sitting and passing days.

Looking at all this complete planning failure Its better to run short distance trains on Diesel traction for proper utilization of Diesel fleet instead forcefully scrapping the running and M/L fit locomotives.

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