So what if America invents a driverless car? We in India have not only got a driverless train, we even run an engineless one! The Railways on Sunday suspended seven of its employees after Ahmedabad-Puri Express train travelled 13 km without engine on Saturday night. read more
I shall keep this answer on Types of Freight Wagons ( Rolling Stock) of Indian Railways very brief. Till 1990s IR had Four wheeler Goods wagons and there after these have been replaced by higher capacity 8 wheeler two bogie type wagons.Subsequently there was also a transition from Vacuum braking system to Air Braking system. read more
Types of wagons available in Indian Railway are: * BOXN - BOXN-HL, BOXN-HS, BOXN-HL, BOXN-CR,BOXN-LW,BOXN-AL,BOXN-EL. * bobyn * bcna * bcnhl * btpn * bcacbm * bccn * bobrn * brh * btpgln * vvn This page may be out of date. read more
If we compare the energy efficiency of the different modes of transport railways is 75-90% more efficient in freight movement and about 5-21% in passenger transportation. read more