Loco pilots of trains with LHB rake start stop suchvtgat jerks felt every time A TTE with me explained the buffers are no more in between two coaches and drivers are new to this. Who will solve? RM or PM?
That is a pretty old issue. LP's are pretty much used to handling CBC rakes now. Also, most LP's work freight trains at some point during their careers and all freight rakes have CBC couplers. So handling them is not really new for them. The jerks are because of the CBC couplers. Sometimes, even if LP's are extra careful, the jerks cannot be avoided as they are inherent to the design of CBC couplers. This is a trade-off to be made for the increased safety due to CBC. ... more...
However IR has been improving the CBC couplers and a all the new rakes have balanced draft gears which practically remove the jerks. In time all rakes will have the jerk-free couplers.
नागदा-महू ट्रेन में टुकड़ों में मिले शव की गुत्थी पुलिस ने सुलझा ली है। उज्जैन में आरोपित महिला को उज्जैन रेलवे स्टेशन से अपने घर ले गया था और उसे बेहोश कर दुष्कर्म का प्रयास किया। असफल रहने पर आरोपित ने महिला की हत्या कर दी। HighLights...
छत्तीसगढ़ से गुजरने वाली 90 ट्रेनें 10 जुलाई से कैंसिल हैं। जो ट्रेनें चल रही हैं उनमें भी जगह नहीं है। ऐसे में यात्रियों के पास केवल बस और टैक्सी से ही मंजिल पर पहुंचने का विकल्प बचा है। उनकी इस मजबूरी का फायदा बस और टैक्सी संचालक किराया बढ़ाकर उठा...
छत्तीसगढ़ के बिलासपुर में अमरकंटक एक्सप्रेस में गांजा तस्करी का मामला सामने आया है। संदिग्धों को देख TTE को संदेह हुआ। TTE ने जांच के लिए रुकने कहा तो आरोपी बैग छोड़ कर भाग निकले। दरअसल, शनिवार को उसलापुर रेलवे स्टेशन पर दुर्ग-भोपाल अमरकंटक एक्सप्रेस TTE...
In response to past confusions with Train/Station updates and resulting fights and controversies, the following clear and objective guidelines are being issued, with no room for any arguments or debates about validity. Also, included, some other changes with respect to Ratings.
1. All Red Ratings will require further explanation. Red Ratings won't...
As announced previously, there are a few changes coming to IRI user accounts, based on past practices.
1. As before, you will be able to quickly DELETE your IRI User account at ANY time. However, the menu option for this was hidden in the profile page, and could not easily be located....
A new feature will be released soon, whereby you can follow blogs tagged with specific Trains & Stations. If you have already posted blogs tagged with some Train/Station, then you will be set to automatically follow that Train/Station. Thereafter, any future news/blogs tagged with those Trains/Stations will be marked to your...
These days, every other day, we are getting requests from members to allow email login to their FB-based IRI account. 10 years ago, we had given the option for users to login through FaceBook - in retrospect, this was a mistake. These days, apparently, users are quitting FaceBook in droves because...
Followup to: Fmt Changes
The new version of FmT 2.0 will soon be here - in about 2 weeks. As detailed in the previous announcement, many of the old FmT features like Train TT, Speedometer, Geo Location, etc. will be REMOVED. It will be a bare-bones simple app, focused on trip blogging.
It...
There are some changes coming to FMT. Many of the features of FMT, like station arrival, TT, speed, geo, passing times, station time, etc. are ALREADY available in OTHER railway apps. So all of these features will be REMOVED.
We'll have ONLY BLOGGING - quick upload of pics/videos/audio, etc. You may attach...
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