The Howrah Unit of Burn Standard & Company Limited which has been lying idle since 2017, is to be revived soon. The Unit is to be transferred to Braithwaite & Co, another PSU another the Ministry of Railways. The company was ordered to be closed down by NCLT in March 2018 and since then the…
Kamrup Express: Last runs on ICF Coaches…
The Kamrup Express is one the oldest trains of the North East Frontier Railway and is one of the most important train operated by it. The Train connected Guwahati and Howrah at its inception, hence the name but was extended to Dibrugarh when gauge was converted to Broad Gauge in Upper Assam. The Train is…
The Only DC Meter Gauge Locomotive of India
Today Electric locomotives are seen as the latest and most advanced of all locomotives in India but they actually predate even the diesel locomotives. The very first electric locomotives were introduced in India in the 1920s and were powered by DC current. These remained restricted to very small area around Mumbai and Chennai. Very few…
Double Track Work of Hojai-Lumding Line
The lack of double track has been a great hindrance to rail travel in Assam and North East. While a sort of double track existed in Assam when the meter gauge line was operational but that too disappeared when that line was dismantled. This led to huge problems for rail travels as trains as had…
Impressive progress of Electrification in Assam
The sanction for electrification of the Baruani-Guwahati line was received in 2008 and till last year, not much progress on electrification was seen in Assam but I was in for a surprise, when I visited Sarupeta in November 2019. It was the first time I saw electric poles and wires in this part of Assam.…
Visit to National Rail Museum, New Delhi
The National Rail Museum located in New Delhi is one of the most unique Museums in India and is a must visit for all fans of Indian Railways. It is almost like a time machine which transports through time to look at the different stages of Railways in India. The Museum was opened on…
Guwahati railway station becomes first in North Eat to be fully solar powered
Solar energy, has traveled a long way from being a romantic idea of the environment lovers, due to its high costs and low efficiency to being a economically viable source of electricity. Also, with emphasis on lower carbon dioxide emissions and sustainable development, the use of solar energy has received much needed emphasis. Thus, it…
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