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What is Tail Lamp and VCD PROVIDED written on LOCO 5 Answers What is Tail Lamp and VCD PROVIDED written on LOCO VCD means vigilance control device VCD means Vigilance Control Device (Medha). The Vigilance Control Device ensures the safe plying of trains. It also helps in data analysis for management review in case of derailment or any accident. Driving function like throttle, master controller, horn, sander, loco brake, train brake, dynamic brake, headlight, etc., are taken as input signals for VCD operation. VCD improves vigilance and provides warning and brake application signals in a predefined manner. It also records data of penalty brake application event, VCD bypass, VCD suppression in a non-volatile memory for management reviews, if required.... more... Rear position lamps (tail lamps) Night time vehicle(Loco) conspicuity to the rear is provided by "rear position lamps" (also called "taillamps" or "tail lamps", "taillights" or "tail lights"). These are required to produce only red light, and to be wired such that they are lit whenever the front position lamps are illuminated—including when the headlamps are on. Rear position lamps may be combined with the vehicle's stop lamps, or separate from them. In combined-function installations, the lamps produce brighter red light for the stop lamp function, and dimmer red light for the rear position lamp function. The tail and stop light functions may be produced separately or by a dual-intensity lamp. From... more... |