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Railway's newly-designed 5500 horse power diesel locomotive "Bheem" ready to roll out
4 Apr, 2012, 1325 hrs IST, PTI
With an aim of hauling heavier trains, railways is ready to roll out a
newly-designed 5500 horse power (HP) diesel locomotive equipped with all
modern features including 100 km per hour running speed.
Aptly named as "Bheem", the high horse power locomotive is currently undergoing safety trial. Manufactured at Diesel Locomotive Works at Varanasi, the prototype has cost about Rs 17 crore to the railways.
Railways have 4500 HP diesel locos for freight operation and with the induction of "Bheem", the carrying capacity will increase substantially," said a senior Railway Ministry official, adding "railways will manufacture 15 such locomotives in the current fiscal."
Railways have set a loading target of 1025 million tonnes for 2012-13, 55 MT more than the last fiscal.
Designed jointly by the Railways and EMD, a US-based company, the locomotive has a provision of toilet for crew, a first in railways.
"It has been been designed to set up new standards for crew comfort and safety. Among others the locomotive is fuel efficient as it is equipped with electronic fuel injection and emission control system. Besides it has heated ventilation air conditioning, collision protection system and an ergonomically designed driver seat," the official said.
The locomotive comes with a huge fuel capacity of 7500 litres to provide long runs without refuelling.
Aptly named as "Bheem", the high horse power locomotive is currently undergoing safety trial. Manufactured at Diesel Locomotive Works at Varanasi, the prototype has cost about Rs 17 crore to the railways.
Railways have 4500 HP diesel locos for freight operation and with the induction of "Bheem", the carrying capacity will increase substantially," said a senior Railway Ministry official, adding "railways will manufacture 15 such locomotives in the current fiscal."
Railways have set a loading target of 1025 million tonnes for 2012-13, 55 MT more than the last fiscal.
Designed jointly by the Railways and EMD, a US-based company, the locomotive has a provision of toilet for crew, a first in railways.
"It has been been designed to set up new standards for crew comfort and safety. Among others the locomotive is fuel efficient as it is equipped with electronic fuel injection and emission control system. Besides it has heated ventilation air conditioning, collision protection system and an ergonomically designed driver seat," the official said.
The locomotive comes with a huge fuel capacity of 7500 litres to provide long runs without refuelling.
7 comments:
Quite heartening to know about it's features, especially the provision of toilet, first time heard in any locomotive.
Features of Bheem r quite impressive, especially d provision of toilet. Heard for d first time in any locomotive. But we will have to see how it fares in d field trials.
Provision of toilet in the locomotive is appreciable. i think ground feedback has somewhat addressed by..
locomotive equipped with toilet is good. but no water facility
locomotive equipped with toilet is good. but no water facility
provision of toilet in locomotive is good .no water facility
Toliot avilble is best but no water very difficult so plz solv the water problem
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