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Bihar Rail Worker Death Indian Railways Probe Into Barauni Junction Shunting Mishap Cites Coordination Gap Pointsman Suleman Blames Loco Driver
2 months ago

Bihar Rail Worker Death Indian Railways Probe Into Barauni Junction Shunting Mishap Cites Coordination Gap Pointsman Suleman Blames Loco Driver

ABP News  

A preliminary inquiry into a tragic incident at Bihar’s Barauni Junction has revealed that a lack of coordination between two rail employees during a shunting operation led to the death of one of them. The incident occurred on Saturday when 25-year-old Amar Kumar was fatally trapped between the buffers of an engine and a power car. Bihar Rail Official Death: …

Car Engine Rail Kumar Suleman Shunting Mishap Loco Driver
Life in the day of a suburban train loco pilot in Chennai
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Life in the day of a suburban train loco pilot in Chennai

The Hindu  

Even during odd hours, say at 3.30 a.m., the Moore Market complex railway station bustles with activity, registering the footfall of night shift workers and commuters waiting for the electrical multiple unit train bound for Arakkonam. Mr. Senthilkumar who started his service as an assistant shunting pilot in a temporary position in 1997 has served for 24 years by operating …

Chennai Train Loco Drivers Senthilkumar
Loco pilots of Coromandel Express battle pain and false narratives
1 year, 7 months ago

Loco pilots of Coromandel Express battle pain and false narratives

The Hindu  

Hazari Behera, the 36-year-old assistant loco pilot who was helming the Coromandel Express, escaped from the jaws of death when his passenger train collided with a freight train in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2. ‘Pilot has no control’ Mr. Behera’s family pleaded with the media to respect their privacy, especially given that a few of the injured have allegedly …

Hindu Pilot Behera Loco Coromandel Express
94-year-old loco, ‘Little Red Horse’ dazzles at WR’s revamped heritage lawn
1 year, 8 months ago

94-year-old loco, ‘Little Red Horse’ dazzles at WR’s revamped heritage lawn

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: She stands in her grandeur with her stately appearance at the newly revamped lawns outside the Mumbai Central railway station. Meet 94-year-old steam locomotive - ‘Little Red Horse’, manufactured in England in 1929 during King George V’s reign, retired after 61 years of service in 1991 independent India and found her lost glory back in 2023, a year when …

Railway Red Station Western Railway Mumbai Central Little Red Horse
New steam loco all set for dispatch from Golden Rock Railway Workshop
2 years, 3 months ago

New steam loco all set for dispatch from Golden Rock Railway Workshop

The Hindu  

The Golden Rock Railway Workshop at Tiruchi has, for the first time manufactured a steam locomotive with High Speed Diesel firing system, instead of coal or furnace oil firing systems, for operation in the Nilgiri Mountain Railway metre gauge section soon. The over 90-year-old workshop had in the past manufactured four ‘X’ class steam locomotives with furnace oil firing systems …

Workshop Nmr Steam Loco Manufactured Diesel Firing
Plea for Swiss steam loco in Nilgiri Mountain Railway
5 years, 4 months ago

Plea for Swiss steam loco in Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Deccan Chronicle  

OOTY: Voices have begun to grow louder to operate the century old Swiss made coal-fired steam locomotive, the only such surviving loco in the Nilgiri Mountain Railway now, to pep up train based heritage tourism in the Nilgiris. K. Natarajan, founder of the Heritage Steam Chariot Trust, an organization of NMR aficionados, said that this Swiss made X-class coal-fired steam …

Swiss Coonoor Locomotive Nmr Steam Loco
Kochi: Oldest loco enthralls rail lovers
5 years, 10 months ago

Kochi: Oldest loco enthralls rail lovers

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: With 30 plus passengers, the 164-year-old ‘EIR 21 Express', the oldest running steam locomotive in the world operated in the eight kilometers long Ernakulam junction -Cochin harbor terminus section on Saturday. I never even dreamt of operating this train and this was a totally different experience and a priceless moment,” said Mr. Banish Kumar. The train reached the Cochin …

Train Experience Oldest Run Kochi Oldest
No wonder they call Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa… El Loco!
5 years, 11 months ago

No wonder they call Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa… El Loco!

Daily Mail  

During one of Marcelo Bielsa’s first visits to England, Jorge Valdano, the former Real Madrid manager, realised the extent of the Argentine’s obsession with winning football matches. One of Bielsa’s helpers — still unidentified — was found at Derby’s training ground the day before their visit to Leeds last week. It is probably easier to infiltrate MI6 than Bielsa’s network …

Football Match Man Manager Leeds Chile Newell
Century-old coal-fired steam loco back in action
6 years ago

Century-old coal-fired steam loco back in action

Deccan Chronicle  

OOTY: Reports that appeared in these columns in 2018 made good impacts to help the hill community. A report appeared on May18 in Deccan Chronicle on the delay in works related to modernization of the central bus stand here, as there was no progress after the announcement made in 2017 May by Chief Minister Edappadi K. PalaniswamI. Likewise, reports appeared …