The train is a small world moving through a larger world - Niraj Kumar

WAP-7 Head o­n Generation (HoG) type of Electric locos are fitted with Hotel load converters of 2x500 kVA.
The advantage of HoG system over EoG are as under:
a)No noise pollution due to Power cars o­n Platforms. At present Power cars generate noise of 105 dB.
b)Use of cleaner energy source i.e. instead of Diesel Generator set power drawn from over head power...
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lines. o­n an average 3000 liters of fuel is consumed in round trip from New Delhi to Mumbai and back.
c)For 20 coach Rajdhani train New Delhi to Mumbai, approximately saving of Rs 1.5 lacs per round trip considering the per unit costs of Electricity by power cars & Hotel load converter @ Rs 13.0 and @ Rs 7.1 respectively. This amounts to nearly Rs 5.5 Cr savings for this train annually.
d)Reduction in emission of Green House gases.