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UK Railway Network rail Records Hand Back Records Hand Back is an Important Phase in UK Railways This is the final stage after Design, Installation, Testing & Commissioning. It is the responsibility of the design office to ensure that the Source record is updated to correlate with the site. Which will help the maintenance staff. […]
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Hot Axle Box Detectors HABD – Presentation HOT AXLE BOX DETECTORS HABD – 1 All trains have axle boxes in which there are metal bearings either of the friction type or the roller type. These bear the weight of the train and allow the axle to turn freely, but if they are not kept well […]
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Route Locking Circuit Railway Signalling Locking of Route In free wired interlocking systems, locking of route is bifurcated into two distinct parts :- 1) Approach Locking – Achieved by dropping of ALSR relay at the time of signal clearance. 2)Back Locking which is popularly called ‘Route Locking’ – Achieved by dropping of USR relays in […]
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Railway Train Braking Concepts Introduction to Train Braking – 1 Initially braking was available only from locomotive and other vehicles on freight trains were unbraked. In UK it was a legal requirement to fit continuous brakes on Passenger trains. Vacuum brakes were initially dominant; their principal advantage was that they were easy to engineer […]
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AUTOMATIC WARNING SYSTEMS AWS What is AWS ? 1. AWS means Automatic Warning systems. 2. For Railway operations the use is giving advance warning to drivers in-cab of approaching signals, reduction in permissible speeds and temporary/emergency speed restrictions. 3. Also applies brakes in the event the driver does not acknowledge the warning given. Sequence […]
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PROTECTION OF ENGINEERING WORKS & TRACK SAFETY Safety is the paramount importance in any Transport system. 1. Safety of traveling public 2. Safety of the staff working and 3. Safety of infrastructure. 4. Irregular working of staff is a threat to safety. Rules are framed for a uniform and systematic working. 5. Unauthorized persons are […]
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