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Posted: Jul 22 2021 (12:46)
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Jul 22 2021 (12:46) PUNE/Pune Junction (6 PFs)
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But not on heaven..
And also
Now the amount of renewable energy is also raising at god speed..
😊
And also
Now the amount of renewable energy is also raising at god speed..
😊
Both mumbai and pune are big cities and railway line passes right through them.
Had this been on diesel you would have needed loco change at both ghat beginning and end almost compulsorily to prevent Alco belching fumes right inside people's houses, and this would have wasted almost one hour per train, thereby reducing sectional capacity unnecessarily.
There is reason this line has been electrified since pre-indepednce times (also has to do with TE of steam locos and its ability to negotiate steep grades, but that is another story)..
Had this been on diesel you would have needed loco change at both ghat beginning and end almost compulsorily to prevent Alco belching fumes right inside people's houses, and this would have wasted almost one hour per train, thereby reducing sectional capacity unnecessarily.
There is reason this line has been electrified since pre-indepednce times (also has to do with TE of steam locos and its ability to negotiate steep grades, but that is another story)..
Back when the line was non-electrified, we had steam locos in the country.
With steam, the issue is active propulsion power is generated only at one wheel and rest of the wheels are rotated by means of crank. This leads to rather poor adhesion figures and less than optimal TE even though they generate substantial amounts of torque. The outcome is that there is a limit to how steep a grade it could ascend. This is how we got reversing lines on both thull and bhor ghat.
It is no wonder mumbai bound...
more...
With steam, the issue is active propulsion power is generated only at one wheel and rest of the wheels are rotated by means of crank. This leads to rather poor adhesion figures and less than optimal TE even though they generate substantial amounts of torque. The outcome is that there is a limit to how steep a grade it could ascend. This is how we got reversing lines on both thull and bhor ghat.
It is no wonder mumbai bound...
more...