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Posted: Aug 25 2015 (09:41)
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Last Response: Sep 07 2015 (23:42)
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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...
Loco links are decided by Railway Board in consultation with respective zones/divisions. Factors like loco availability, loco sharing with other trains, etc. also affect loco links of a train.
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Slow trains, long distance express trains with numerous halts deserve faster locomotives for quick acceleration and deceleration to save time. On the other hand, WAM-4 will do a good job with a train with lesser halts since optimum speed would be automatically maintained.
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Slow trains, long distance express trains with numerous halts deserve faster locomotives for quick acceleration and deceleration to save time. On the other hand, WAM-4 will do a good job with a train with lesser halts since optimum speed would be automatically maintained.
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