1. HISTORY OF INDIAN RAILWAYS
• The first railway proposals for India were made in Madras in
1832
• In 1988, the first Shatabdi Express was introduced between
New Delhi and Jhansi
• India's first railway line was named Red Hill Railroad and was
built by Arthur Cotton to transport granite for road-building
• April 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder
(Bombay) and Thane, a distance of 34 km
2. Role Of Carriage Workshop In
Railways
A. Related with Open Line working:-
• To ensure and co-operate in safer running of rolling stock.
• To attend required schedule maintenance & running repairs of rolling Stock till the stock are
again due for P.O.H
• To assist in time running of trains to maintain the punctuality.
3. The term rolling stock in the rail
transport industry refers to railway
vehicles, including both powered
and unpowered vehicles: for
example, locomotives, freight and
passenger cars
4. A locomotive or engine is a rail
transport vehicle that provides
the motive power for a train.
• STEAM
• Diesel
• ELECTRIC
5. Locomotives were classified by track gauge,
motive power, function and power (or model
number) in a four- or five-letter code.
LOCOMOTIVE CLASSIFICATION
6. FIRST
• TRACK
GAUGE
• W-BROAD
SECOND
• MOTIVE
POWER
• D-DEISEL
• C-DC
ELECTRIC
• A-AC
ELECTRIC
THIRD
• G-GOODs
• P-PASSENGER
FOURTH
• MODEL
NUMBER
• HORSE
POWER
RANGE
FIFTH
• DENOTES
HORSE
POWER
• A-100HP
• B-200HP
• C-300HP
LETTER
Ex- WAP MEANS WIDE AC ELECTRIC
PASSENGER
