To check accidents, Railways to have derailment detector device
BY MPost21 July 2014 9:59 PM GMT
MPost21 July 2014 9:59 PM GMT
Alarmed by the spate of derailment incidents, Indian Railways is acquiring derailment detector devices to prevent mishaps which cause loss of lives and damage coaches.
The derailment detector devices, a first for Indian Railways, will be fitted in three Rajdhanis and two Shatabdi trains on a pilot basis and later more trains will be equipped with this system, said a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project.
The Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains that would be fitted with the device will be decided shortly.
Level of vibrations increases dramatically if a coach, wagon or locomotive derails.Â
‘The severe increase in vibrations can be sensed by a derailment detector device,’ the official said.
The derailment detectors are fitted on the end of a coach or wagon, and are designed to immediately apply brakes in the event of such unusually high level of vibrations.
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