dullsteamer Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/08/carriages-detach-from-train-engine-in-india-and-roll-away-at-speed Good effort. I'm not familiar with modern Indian coaching stock. Air brake or vacuum? Cheers, Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted April 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 What I find astonishing is that according to this article more than 15,000 people were killed in railway accidents in 2012. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWCR Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) Have you seen the TV programmes on the railway in Mumbai? people being killed on the railway is just accepted as a fact of life, the vast majority are pedestrians, everyone just walks across the tracks without a care, most only just pausing to allow the train past. Significant numbers also fall from the roof or sides of trains where they are traveling. For comparison road deaths are around 150,000 a year. Pete Edited April 9, 2018 by IWCR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 To answer the OP, when I was there in 1987 most stock was vacuum braked as steam was fairly prevalent then. EMU stock was the usual EP/Westighouse system used on the Southern electric EP/BIG/etc stock here. The modern aircon stock that was being introduced in 1987 was air braked, as was modern freight stock. It appears the days of the vacuum brake in india are numbered apart from the heritage lines. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 They've the same railway equipment that has served most other countries well for a century and a half - unfortunately, the safety and maintenance standards are not properly applied in many instances. When I was there, admittedly in the steam era in 1979, I witnessed some questionable staff practices! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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