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Posted: Apr 26 2018 (00:35)
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Last Response: May 14 2018 (08:37)
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Apr 26 2018 (00:35) 12596/Anand Vihar Terminal - Gorakhpur Humsafar Express (via Basti)
GotaTraintoCatch~
GotaTraintoCatch~ 2671 blog postsIn my journey today in 12596 HS, I got the chance to enter guard cabin and have a talk with guard. There were few interesting points discussed (you might be aware of all of them, but I felt like posting)
1. The train is capable of 130 KMPH, but the loco pilot is trained to operate only at 110, so he is not doing MPS on anvt-cnb section.
2. Yesterday at Khurja, there was failure of some transceiver which caused signal failure in section.
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1. The train is capable of 130 KMPH, but the loco pilot is trained to operate only at 110, so he is not doing MPS on anvt-cnb section.
2. Yesterday at Khurja, there was failure of some transceiver which caused signal failure in section.
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more...
What does it mean that the loco pilot is not trained enough? Does IR have that much of a shortage of trained pilots to run a high speed? This seems to be a classic case of lack of foresight on the railways' part.
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