Indian Railways authorities inducted the 100th ‘Made in India’ electrical locomotive or e-loco in its fleet on Thursday, May 6, which was construct within the nation’s largest built-in greenfield manufacturing services. These electrical locomotives of 12,000 horsepower (HP) are the nation’s strongest indigenous locomotives, which have already lined greater than 4.8 million kilometers, hauling a number of commodities throughout 17 states and two union territories. According to a current assertion launched by the Railway Ministry, the e-locos are part of the federal government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. (Also Read: Alstom Delivers 100th Electric Locomotive As Part Of Biggest FDI In Indian Railways )
The nationwide transporter had entered right into a procurement cum upkeep settlement with the Madhepura Electric Locomotive Private Limited – one of many nation’s largest built-in greenfield manufacturing services, located in Madhepura in Bihar. The 100th electrical locomotive is called WAG 12 B with quantity 60100, stated the Railway Ministry. These high-horsepower electrical locomotives assist to decongest the saturated tracks by enhancing the typical pace and the loading capability of freight trains working on the community.
The engines of those e-locos will enhance the pace of freight transport to 2 instances sooner. The WAG 12B locomotive is put in with insulated gate bipolar transistors or IGBT-based propulsion expertise and makes use of regenerative braking, which reduces the consumption of vitality. The locomotives remanufactured with a Bo-Bo design having 22.5 tonnes of axle load, which is upgradable to 25 tonnes. The e-locos have a design pace of 120 km per hour.
The electrical locomotives will also be tracked via the worldwide positioning system (GPS) for its strategic use via embedded software program and in addition, an antennae being lifted via the servers on the bottom via a microwave hyperlink.
