Railway engines of different countries
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Here's WAG 9 of Indian Railways. This is the most powerful loco in Indian Railways I believe, derived from Swiss Loco from Adtranz. Used for hauling goods trains.
Builder--Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, India, Adtranz, Switzerland
Gauge-- 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Current collection method--Overhead AC with dual pantographs
Top speed Operational--120 km/h (75 mph) for 6000 tonne load
Power output--6,350 hp (4,735 kW)
Builder--Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, India, Adtranz, Switzerland
Gauge-- 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Current collection method--Overhead AC with dual pantographs
Top speed Operational--120 km/h (75 mph) for 6000 tonne load
Power output--6,350 hp (4,735 kW)
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quantity of engines in various countries
1. USA - 25000 ( 22000 OPERATIONAL)
2. RUSSIA - 23000 ( 18000 OPERATIONAL)
3. INDIA - 9000 ( 8600 OPERATIONAL )
4. CHINA - 20000 (16500 OPERATIONAL )
5. PAKISTAN- 550 ( 65-80 OPERATIONAL)
6. SRI LANKA- 60-80 OPERATIONAL
7. CANADA - 4500-6000 OPERATIONAL
8. AUSTRALIA- 2000 LOCOMOTIVES
1. USA - 25000 ( 22000 OPERATIONAL)
2. RUSSIA - 23000 ( 18000 OPERATIONAL)
3. INDIA - 9000 ( 8600 OPERATIONAL )
4. CHINA - 20000 (16500 OPERATIONAL )
5. PAKISTAN- 550 ( 65-80 OPERATIONAL)
6. SRI LANKA- 60-80 OPERATIONAL
7. CANADA - 4500-6000 OPERATIONAL
8. AUSTRALIA- 2000 LOCOMOTIVES
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Hello buddy.. why there is a huge difference in the total and operational locomotives?
well, the non operational locomotives mostly include the following:
1. locomotives which are out of order or have been scrapped . This is the main cause in PAKISTAN's
case.
2. locomotives which have been withdrawn from active service due to high fuel consumption and
pollution. These locomotives are kept in reserve so that they can be exported to poor nations
mostly in africa which cant afford new ones and where emission norms are not so strict.
This is the most important factor for difference in operational locomotive fleet in countries like USA, CHINA and RUSSIA .
3. some locomotives are withdrawn due to accidents and are kept in reserve as a source of spare parts.
4. Another reason is in countries like INDIA which is a victim of multigauge railway and the locomotives( narrow and meter gauge) become useless once the gauge is converted to broad gauge.
MOSCOW BEIJING TOURIST TRAIN
The international Moscow - Beijing tourist service is a joint project between two tour operators, RZD Tour and Intourist. The launch of this new service on 15 August 2011 is an important stage in the development of international rail tourism.
Tourists from 20 countries from Latin America, Asia, Australia and Europe will be on the train’s first run.
The train will arrive in Beijing on August 29. Tourists are also offered the return trip from Beijing to Moscow, which departs from the Chinese capital on 20 August and arrives in Moscow on 4 September.
The Moscow - Beijing train consists of 21 carriages as follows:
Compartments for 3 or 4 passengers
Sleeping cars with accommodation for 1 or 2 passengers
Luxury compartments for one or two passengers
The train also has two restaurant cars, a bar carriage, a dining car and a special carriage with shower cabins for passengers in the sleeping carriages. Passengers in the luxury carriages will be able to take a shower directly in their compartment.
The Moscow - Beijing Train will stop en route and offer excursion programmes around the cities of Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Ulan Bator and Erlian, as well as a guided tour to Lake Baikal.
During their journey, passengers will be able to enjoy ethnic and national cuisine and have the opportunity to sample a wide variety of delicacies. Live entertainment is also on offer.
A multi-lingual service in seven foreign languages ensures that passengers will be well-looked after.
RZD Tour was founded in 2005 and is a specialised tourism company of Russian Railways operating in Russia and abroad. RZD Tour is part of the RZD Tour Travel holding company, in which the Federal Passenger Company, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, purchased a controlling stake of 51% in summer this year.
The international Moscow - Beijing tourist service is a joint project between two tour operators, RZD Tour and Intourist. The launch of this new service on 15 August 2011 is an important stage in the development of international rail tourism.
Tourists from 20 countries from Latin America, Asia, Australia and Europe will be on the train’s first run.
The train will arrive in Beijing on August 29. Tourists are also offered the return trip from Beijing to Moscow, which departs from the Chinese capital on 20 August and arrives in Moscow on 4 September.
The Moscow - Beijing train consists of 21 carriages as follows:
Compartments for 3 or 4 passengers
Sleeping cars with accommodation for 1 or 2 passengers
Luxury compartments for one or two passengers
The train also has two restaurant cars, a bar carriage, a dining car and a special carriage with shower cabins for passengers in the sleeping carriages. Passengers in the luxury carriages will be able to take a shower directly in their compartment.
The Moscow - Beijing Train will stop en route and offer excursion programmes around the cities of Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Ulan Bator and Erlian, as well as a guided tour to Lake Baikal.
During their journey, passengers will be able to enjoy ethnic and national cuisine and have the opportunity to sample a wide variety of delicacies. Live entertainment is also on offer.
A multi-lingual service in seven foreign languages ensures that passengers will be well-looked after.
RZD Tour was founded in 2005 and is a specialised tourism company of Russian Railways operating in Russia and abroad. RZD Tour is part of the RZD Tour Travel holding company, in which the Federal Passenger Company, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, purchased a controlling stake of 51% in summer this year.
PAKISTAN TO PROCURE 150 LOCOMOTIVES
Tenders for the procurement of 150 locomotives by Pakistan Railways scheduled to be opened in Lahore on Sept 24, is likely to be delayed as the NA Standing Committee on Railways has formed a technical committee that will carry out a third party evaluation of the procurement process.
The NA committee, which met here on Monday decided that a six-member committee comprising of four retired Railways officials having excellent track record of engineering and two serving senior officials will review the evaluation criteria and terms and conditions in order to ensure transparency.
MNA Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, chairman of the standing committee told newsmen that it was the unanimous decision of the committee to have a transparent review of the deal by the committee which will complete its work in two weeks’ time.
The bidding process may be extended for two weeks subject to the completion of pre-bidding evaluation.
Railways Board chairman Javed Iqbal informed the meeting that 18 tenders had been received from various locomotive manufacturing companies. He assured the committee that the entire procurement process will be transparent.
The executive committee of National Economic Council had approved in December last procurement of 150 locomotives at a cost of Rs55 billion including foreign exchange component of Rs40 billion.
It is projected that 96 locomotives would be back on track by the end of the fiscal year to earn a revenue of Rs12 billion.
Out of its 500 locomotives, only 75 locomotives were in operation.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that the decline in revenue generation never stopped since 2008-09 when it was Rs23 billion. It declined to Rs22 billion in 2009-10 and Rs18.7 billion in 2010-11. Railways officials feared that this revenue could be as low as Rs12 billion during the current fiscal year.
The annual bill of salary and allowance, which was Rs10.6 billion in 2008-09 has shot up to Rs15 billion. Likewise, pension to its retired employees increased to Rs8 billion in 2010-11.
In terms of losses, the picture is bleak and the losses has now reached to Rs33 billion against Rs23 billion in 2008-09.
The issue of stolen radiators from the Central Diesel Workshop in Rawalpindi also came up for discussion and the IG of Railways Police informed the committee that in two incidents 11 radiators were reportedly stolen from the workshop.
The committee discussed the implementation of minimum wage of Rs7,000 by Pakistan Railways for its temporary labourers.
Tenders for the procurement of 150 locomotives by Pakistan Railways scheduled to be opened in Lahore on Sept 24, is likely to be delayed as the NA Standing Committee on Railways has formed a technical committee that will carry out a third party evaluation of the procurement process.
The NA committee, which met here on Monday decided that a six-member committee comprising of four retired Railways officials having excellent track record of engineering and two serving senior officials will review the evaluation criteria and terms and conditions in order to ensure transparency.
MNA Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, chairman of the standing committee told newsmen that it was the unanimous decision of the committee to have a transparent review of the deal by the committee which will complete its work in two weeks’ time.
The bidding process may be extended for two weeks subject to the completion of pre-bidding evaluation.
Railways Board chairman Javed Iqbal informed the meeting that 18 tenders had been received from various locomotive manufacturing companies. He assured the committee that the entire procurement process will be transparent.
The executive committee of National Economic Council had approved in December last procurement of 150 locomotives at a cost of Rs55 billion including foreign exchange component of Rs40 billion.
It is projected that 96 locomotives would be back on track by the end of the fiscal year to earn a revenue of Rs12 billion.
Out of its 500 locomotives, only 75 locomotives were in operation.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that the decline in revenue generation never stopped since 2008-09 when it was Rs23 billion. It declined to Rs22 billion in 2009-10 and Rs18.7 billion in 2010-11. Railways officials feared that this revenue could be as low as Rs12 billion during the current fiscal year.
The annual bill of salary and allowance, which was Rs10.6 billion in 2008-09 has shot up to Rs15 billion. Likewise, pension to its retired employees increased to Rs8 billion in 2010-11.
In terms of losses, the picture is bleak and the losses has now reached to Rs33 billion against Rs23 billion in 2008-09.
The issue of stolen radiators from the Central Diesel Workshop in Rawalpindi also came up for discussion and the IG of Railways Police informed the committee that in two incidents 11 radiators were reportedly stolen from the workshop.
The committee discussed the implementation of minimum wage of Rs7,000 by Pakistan Railways for its temporary labourers.
RAILWAYS MUST BE EFFICIENTLY MANAGED AS IT IS THE LIFELINE OF THE ECONOMY
the engine below in the picture was probbably given to kim jong il of north korea for his return from russia. the engine powered his train and seems of chinese origin but i dont know which model it is.
can any chinese member help?
can any chinese member help?
WORLD ROLLING STOCK UPDATES FOR AUGUST 2011
Argentina: On June 27 CNR finalised a US$320m contract to supply 20 locomotives and 220 long-distance coaches from July 2012; it is CNR’s largest passenger train export order.
Australia: Victoria’s state government has placed a A$210m order for an extra seven Alstom X’Trapolis six-car EMUs for use on Melbourne suburban services to Epping and Hurstbridge from 2013. Orders for 33 more are planned.
Public Transport Authority of Western Australia has placed a A$160m order for a 50: 50 joint venture of Bombardier and Downer EDI to deliver a further 15 three-car Series B EMUs from September 2013.
Canada: Metrolinx has awarded CAD Railway Industries a five-year contract worth C$120m to refurbish 127 GO Transit coaches.
Chile: Metro de Santiago has exercised an option with CAF for the supply of 108 cars at a cost of US$144m. Equipped for CBTC, the air-conditioned cars are due to be delivered between in 2012-13 for lines 1, 2 and 5.
China: Under a €25m contract Knorr-Bremse’s Suzhou plant is to supply braking systems for 64 eight-car metro trains that CNR Changchun is building for Beijing Line 6.
CSR Zhuzhou has won a 600m yuan contract to supply trains for the future 21·9 km Changsha metro Line 2.
Congo DR: King Albert II of the Belgians handed over two regauged CKD Praha Class 742 diesel locos to mark the 51st anniversary of independence on June 30. DPOV Nymburk sold them to transport agency SCTP via Belgian company DAXI.
Czech Republic: In mid-June CD finally agreed to buy 16 Siemens Viaggio Comfort (Railjet) trainsets from Siemens for €200m after ÖBB decided not to take up an option for them.
CD has bought 32 second class coaches from ÖBB for €2m which will be refurbished by ZOS Ceské Velenice. RegioJet has bought another 12, to accompany 50 new vehicles on order from Astra Vagoane Calatori.
CD has awarded Pars Nova Sumperk KC280m contract to produce 11 more Class 814 Regionova two-car DMUs from Class 810/010 railcars and trailers, taking the total to 210 two-car and 26 three-car Regionovas.
Europe: Siemens is to supply Trainguard 200 ETCS Level 2 equipment for 30 Eurosprinter locomotives owned by leasing firm MRCE for use on the Brenner route.
Germany: Stadler is to supply Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn with two more RS1 railcars in 2013 for €5m.
Polish manufacturer Solaris announced its first tram export order on July 12, a €13·7m contract to supply five metre-gauge Tramino cars to Jena in 2013. The 100% low-floor cars will be 29 m long, with three sections, four doors per side, 46 seats and air-conditioning.
International: Last month Evolution diesel locos built in Kazakhstan by the JSC Locomotiv/GE JV were sent to Russia and Estonia for type approval. This is expected to lead to orders from private operators. Tajikistan has expressed interesting in buying three locos and Mongolia 10.
Kazakhstan: On July 16 CNR Import & Export Corp signed a 960m yuan contract to supply a further batch of CNR coal wagons following on from 2000 being built under a November 2010 contract.
Lithuania: On July 18 LG signed a €39m order for two three-car and three two-car Skoda Class 575 City-Elefant double-deck EMUs to complement the four in use on Vilnius – Kaunas services.
Poland: PTK Koltar is taking delivery of two M62 locos modernised by Pesa at a cost of 4m złoty each with TMH Kolomna 2000 hp engines and cab air-conditioning.
Newag has won a 31m złoty contract to modernise four EN57 EMUs for Lódz voivodship, and a 21m złoty order covering three for Wielkopolskie. They will receive new doors, interior panels, seats, air-conditioning, Emit ychlin three-phase motors and Medcom electrics.
Newag has rebuilt two SM42 diesel locomotives to 6Dg standard for infrastructure maintenance contractor Pnuik Kraków.
Russia: TMH’s Tver plant is supplying 13 Type 11-9960 nuclear reactor fuel wagons to power station operator Rosenergoatom.
Stadler Rail has won its first Russian order, a SFr240m contract to supply 100 four-axle diesel drive units to power a batch of 50 DMUs which RZD is to order from TMH subsidiary Metrovagonmash.
TMH’s Demikhovsky works has begun production of a new generation of ED4M electric multiple-unit for Moscow Railway, featuring Kompaks-Express-3 onboard diagnostics, CCTV and revised heating and ventilation, gangways and lighting.
Spain: Under a €3m refurbishment programme for the Al Ándalus luxury tourist train (RG 3.11 p27), FEVE is managing work on seven sleeping cars while three vans, the service car and four saloons will be overhauled by RENFE’s Sevilla wokshops.
Turkmenistan: China South announced a contract to supply 75 diesel locomotives on June 30, bringing the total ordered by TPK to 179. Deliveries will begin in October.
UK: Porterbrook Leasing has awarded Railcare a contract to overhaul two-car Class 156 DMUs and adapt them to meet the Passengers with Reduced Mobility TSI. Railcare will also overhaul single-car Class 153s, and study reconfiguring them back to a two-car formation.
USA: On July 20 Bombardier announced a $331m firm order to supply Chicago Transit Authority with 300 more 5000-series metro cars. The option under a July 2006 contract brings the total order to 706 cars worth $1bn.
Argentina: On June 27 CNR finalised a US$320m contract to supply 20 locomotives and 220 long-distance coaches from July 2012; it is CNR’s largest passenger train export order.
Australia: Victoria’s state government has placed a A$210m order for an extra seven Alstom X’Trapolis six-car EMUs for use on Melbourne suburban services to Epping and Hurstbridge from 2013. Orders for 33 more are planned.
Public Transport Authority of Western Australia has placed a A$160m order for a 50: 50 joint venture of Bombardier and Downer EDI to deliver a further 15 three-car Series B EMUs from September 2013.
Canada: Metrolinx has awarded CAD Railway Industries a five-year contract worth C$120m to refurbish 127 GO Transit coaches.
Chile: Metro de Santiago has exercised an option with CAF for the supply of 108 cars at a cost of US$144m. Equipped for CBTC, the air-conditioned cars are due to be delivered between in 2012-13 for lines 1, 2 and 5.
China: Under a €25m contract Knorr-Bremse’s Suzhou plant is to supply braking systems for 64 eight-car metro trains that CNR Changchun is building for Beijing Line 6.
CSR Zhuzhou has won a 600m yuan contract to supply trains for the future 21·9 km Changsha metro Line 2.
Congo DR: King Albert II of the Belgians handed over two regauged CKD Praha Class 742 diesel locos to mark the 51st anniversary of independence on June 30. DPOV Nymburk sold them to transport agency SCTP via Belgian company DAXI.
Czech Republic: In mid-June CD finally agreed to buy 16 Siemens Viaggio Comfort (Railjet) trainsets from Siemens for €200m after ÖBB decided not to take up an option for them.
CD has bought 32 second class coaches from ÖBB for €2m which will be refurbished by ZOS Ceské Velenice. RegioJet has bought another 12, to accompany 50 new vehicles on order from Astra Vagoane Calatori.
CD has awarded Pars Nova Sumperk KC280m contract to produce 11 more Class 814 Regionova two-car DMUs from Class 810/010 railcars and trailers, taking the total to 210 two-car and 26 three-car Regionovas.
Europe: Siemens is to supply Trainguard 200 ETCS Level 2 equipment for 30 Eurosprinter locomotives owned by leasing firm MRCE for use on the Brenner route.
Germany: Stadler is to supply Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn with two more RS1 railcars in 2013 for €5m.
Polish manufacturer Solaris announced its first tram export order on July 12, a €13·7m contract to supply five metre-gauge Tramino cars to Jena in 2013. The 100% low-floor cars will be 29 m long, with three sections, four doors per side, 46 seats and air-conditioning.
International: Last month Evolution diesel locos built in Kazakhstan by the JSC Locomotiv/GE JV were sent to Russia and Estonia for type approval. This is expected to lead to orders from private operators. Tajikistan has expressed interesting in buying three locos and Mongolia 10.
Kazakhstan: On July 16 CNR Import & Export Corp signed a 960m yuan contract to supply a further batch of CNR coal wagons following on from 2000 being built under a November 2010 contract.
Lithuania: On July 18 LG signed a €39m order for two three-car and three two-car Skoda Class 575 City-Elefant double-deck EMUs to complement the four in use on Vilnius – Kaunas services.
Poland: PTK Koltar is taking delivery of two M62 locos modernised by Pesa at a cost of 4m złoty each with TMH Kolomna 2000 hp engines and cab air-conditioning.
Newag has won a 31m złoty contract to modernise four EN57 EMUs for Lódz voivodship, and a 21m złoty order covering three for Wielkopolskie. They will receive new doors, interior panels, seats, air-conditioning, Emit ychlin three-phase motors and Medcom electrics.
Newag has rebuilt two SM42 diesel locomotives to 6Dg standard for infrastructure maintenance contractor Pnuik Kraków.
Russia: TMH’s Tver plant is supplying 13 Type 11-9960 nuclear reactor fuel wagons to power station operator Rosenergoatom.
Stadler Rail has won its first Russian order, a SFr240m contract to supply 100 four-axle diesel drive units to power a batch of 50 DMUs which RZD is to order from TMH subsidiary Metrovagonmash.
TMH’s Demikhovsky works has begun production of a new generation of ED4M electric multiple-unit for Moscow Railway, featuring Kompaks-Express-3 onboard diagnostics, CCTV and revised heating and ventilation, gangways and lighting.
Spain: Under a €3m refurbishment programme for the Al Ándalus luxury tourist train (RG 3.11 p27), FEVE is managing work on seven sleeping cars while three vans, the service car and four saloons will be overhauled by RENFE’s Sevilla wokshops.
Turkmenistan: China South announced a contract to supply 75 diesel locomotives on June 30, bringing the total ordered by TPK to 179. Deliveries will begin in October.
UK: Porterbrook Leasing has awarded Railcare a contract to overhaul two-car Class 156 DMUs and adapt them to meet the Passengers with Reduced Mobility TSI. Railcare will also overhaul single-car Class 153s, and study reconfiguring them back to a two-car formation.
USA: On July 20 Bombardier announced a $331m firm order to supply Chicago Transit Authority with 300 more 5000-series metro cars. The option under a July 2006 contract brings the total order to 706 cars worth $1bn.
Hybrid locomotives to number 500 by 2020
By 2020, hybrid locomotive sales will reach about 500 units, representing an increased portion of the total locomotive market, according to a recent report by market research and consulting firm Pike Research.
Nearly all locomotives used today are powered via electricity generated by a diesel engine or provided through an electric grid connection. Hybrid locomotives are an emerging alternative that are powered by stored energy from large capacity batteries, according to the report.
Between 2011 and 2020, hybrid locomotives in operation will require about 514 megawatt hours of battery capacity, most of which will be stored in lead acid and advanced lead acid batteries, with a portion in sodium metal halide and lithium ion batteries, the report states. Hybrid locomotives are a demanding application for advanced batteries, and innovation “could provide a boost to some of the battery chemistries being tested for other uses, mostly stationary applications,” Pike Research officials said in a prepared statement.
The adoption of hybrid locomotives primarily will be driven by significant emission reductions (up to 80 percent) and fuel savings (between 15 percent and 40 percent) compared with conventional diesel locomotives, according to the report. Other benefits include reduced noise levels and lower maintenance costs, Pike Research officials said.
By 2020, hybrid locomotive sales will reach about 500 units, representing an increased portion of the total locomotive market, according to a recent report by market research and consulting firm Pike Research.
Nearly all locomotives used today are powered via electricity generated by a diesel engine or provided through an electric grid connection. Hybrid locomotives are an emerging alternative that are powered by stored energy from large capacity batteries, according to the report.
Between 2011 and 2020, hybrid locomotives in operation will require about 514 megawatt hours of battery capacity, most of which will be stored in lead acid and advanced lead acid batteries, with a portion in sodium metal halide and lithium ion batteries, the report states. Hybrid locomotives are a demanding application for advanced batteries, and innovation “could provide a boost to some of the battery chemistries being tested for other uses, mostly stationary applications,” Pike Research officials said in a prepared statement.
The adoption of hybrid locomotives primarily will be driven by significant emission reductions (up to 80 percent) and fuel savings (between 15 percent and 40 percent) compared with conventional diesel locomotives, according to the report. Other benefits include reduced noise levels and lower maintenance costs, Pike Research officials said.
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