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

" SWISS QUALITY ENFORCED
When the WAP 5 locomotives were being assembled in the Swiss workshop one important thing was done at the beginning, that was to have a progress board placed in the front to show what stage of the build it had progressed to, the information was updated on a daily bases, this information was to show the customer, the ABB management & shop supervisors the status of each, the board showed the number of man hours used to that point, the expected delivery date, the build team name of the various tradesmen group, any errors found during constant inspections, a quality assurance certification of each stage. It would also be noted that workshop floor was cleaned spotless at all...
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times & the locomotive was wrapped in plastic for most of the time to prevent accidental damage to the paintwork. Another thing was that any person who smoked cigarettes (most did at that time) must take an ash tray with them into the locomotive to stub the buts out & retain them, if anybody was seen throwing cigs or spitting on the floors or in the locos they would be dismissed immediately ! -- It was cleanliness & the best quality of materials + very competent tradesmen ( and women ) made this workshop one of the world's best for others to copy, if you think about it, it is easy to do requiring no real effort"
--Ron Bannon (Service Engineer, ABB)
All Rights reserved (c) Ron Bannon
First time on public domain via Locomotives of Indian Railways (click here)