kms of Indian rail network is the 4th largest in the world and it not only covers 28 states and 3 union territories‚ but also stretches up to Bangladesh‚ Nepal and Pakistan. As of 2005‚ IR owned a total of 222‚379 wagons‚ 42‚125 coaches and 7910 locomotives and ran a total of 14‚444 trains daily‚ including about 8‚702 passenger trains. Each year‚ the IR transports 7 billion passengers and 350 million tons of freight. These statistics clearly indicate the enormity‚ expansiveness and extensiveness of
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Following the Civil War‚ railroads started popping up everywhere. This led to an increase in railroad accidents. This was especially true for brakemen‚ who coupled and uncoupled the trains‚ as well as operating the manual handbrake. Uncoupling and coupling the train cars was incredibly dangerous with the “link and pin” system for coupling. Hand brakes were also incredibly dangerous to operate. A myriad of brakemen operating on railroads died. By 1880‚ railroad worker death rates were second only
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1.1 PANTO ENTANGLEMENT Electric locomotive gets power from overhead contact wire through pantograph. For smooth operation of locomotive‚ the movement of pantograph should be unobstructed on the contact wire. When any broken part of pantograph comes in between overhead wires or vice versa‚ panto entanglement takes place. The OHE is meant for supply of power where as the pantograph is for collecting power for the locomotive. The parameters of designs of OHE and pantograph
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PROJECT REPORT ON: [pic] “INDIAN RAILWAYS” [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS | I |ACKNOWLEDGEMENT |2 | |1 |INTRODUCTION |4 | |2 |NINE ZONES OF INDIAN RAILWAYS |5
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Industrialization in my opinion improved peoples lives immensely because of the changes that it brought. Not only did it bring things into the history that made every day life easier but it moved the century towards a brighter future for the buyer and the seller. Meaning more jobs and more money in their pockets to buy the new things that they wanted. According to the poem the impact that industrialization had on the lives of many parents was that the parents start their work before dawn and they
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The first train was invented by a man called George Stephenson. This was important to the industrial revolution. Steam locomotives were first developed in Britain and dominated railway transportation until the middle of the 20th century. One impact of the railway was the speed of travel which was greatly improved by railways. For example until the advent of the railways‚ no one had travelled faster than a horse can manage at full gallop and within a few short years of the first major line opening
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with more than 1.36 million employees. Indian Railways operates long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi gauge network of broad‚ meter and narrow gauges. It also owns locomotive and coach production facilities. As for rolling stock‚ IR owns over 240‚000 (freight) wagons‚ 60‚000 coaches and 9‚000 locomotives. Railways were first introduced to
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strategy and the issues with the constraints on resources. We feel that the International Matrix Structure will help Bombardier with the areas of the company that need improvement. The acquisition brought technology needed to improve the company locomotives‚ caused the company to develop an organizational structure and with the development of the International Matrix Structure‚ Bombardier will be able to have good communication‚ a defined corporate structure as well as informed employees which
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be exceptional influence in American poetry. Both poets possess a different style of writing‚ but many of their poems have similar themes about the environment that surrounds them. Dickinson’s "I Like To See It Lap The Miles" and Whitman’s "To A Locomotive In Winter" revolve around the theme of trains. Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman portray trains to have body parts‚ sounds‚ and movements analogous to animals. Firstly‚ both poets personify trains to have parts similar to animal’s body parts
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England developed the first trains and railroads. George Stephenson made the world’s first successful locomotive. (Early American Railroads) The United States were only fifty years old when they bought their first engines from the Stephenson Works in England. The trains were steam powered. Even most of the rails were imported from England till the start of the Civil War. Before trains‚ travel took great
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