VISHAKHAPATNAM: Rajahmundry assistant loco pilot, G. Rajat Kumar, is being hailed a hero for his quick thinking and bravery in ensuring the safety of passengers aboard the Visakhapatnam-Guntur Simhadri Express on Saturday. Undeterred by the risk involved, Kumar crawled underneath the carriage in the sweltering heat to reset the alarm, sustaining minor scrapes in the process. Mohan, the loco pilot, …
The engineers of a freight train that rolled down from Kathua station on Sunday morning and travelled roughly 75km with no one in control did not adhere to protocol to deploy adequate number of brakes and track wedges when they parked the locomotive, a preliminary inquiry into the incident has found, according to details accessed by HT. HT Image Six …
A day after an unmanned goods train travelled 84km from Kathua near Jammu before it was stopped at Ucchi Bassi in Punjab’s Mukerian, the railways placed six employees under suspension. On the basis of a preliminary probe, six railway employees, including Kathua station master, loco pilot, assistant loco pilot, Kathua’s point man, local inspector and traffic inspector concerned have been …
