Locomotives of India
The Indian Railways primarily operates electric and diesel locomotives.
What is locomotive ?
Let us clear one thing first locomotive in a train is a locomotive engine, well every time you see a train coming the first portion of train is engine which pulls all the entire train. There are lot more about it will discuss about it later as if now let us understand locomotive is a part of first part of running train which is known as engine or engine ka dabba. A powerful railway vehicle to pull the train.
The first locomotive in India :
The first locomotive train in India ran from Bombay now it is called Mumbai to Thane in the year 1853.
What is locomotive engine ?
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the power for a train.
Locomotives were classified by track gauge, motive power function and power in a four or five letter word.
Steam Locomotive engine:
Madras and Southern Maratta Railway (MSMR) 2-4-0 built by Sharp Stewart of Manchester in 1862.
The first steam locomotive in India was a construction engine, employed for bringing in the earthworks, during the construction of the Solani canal near Roorkee in December 1851.
Over the next few years, some more steam locomotives were built to toil all over the Indian sub-continent.
Here are few list of Indian locomotives of India.
It is said that Indian Locomotive Class Wag -12 is a new electric freight locomotive of Indian Railway with power output of 12,000 hp.
WAP7 is a three phase AC electric passenger locomotive developed by the Chittaranjan Locomotive works. Locomotive with a modified gear ratio to pull lighter loads at higher speeds.
Types of Trains in Indian Railways :
Indian Railways has some of the most spectacular and unforgettable rail journeys in the world wide.
Trams, Suburban, Metro, Mono, Luxury train, local, Express, Rajya rani, Super fast, Rajdhani, Garib rath, Satabdi, Duronto, Bullet Train. Every train has its unique power and services.
Tramps:
Horse-drawn trams were introduced in Kolkata in 1873; electric trams began in Chennai in 1895, and trams were also introduced in Mumbai, Baroda, Nashik, Kanpur, Kochi, Patna and Bhavnagar.
Nowadays you cant see tramps everywhere, most of the cities are closed. If you want to get experience of tramps just go to Kolkata, it is the only city which has tramps its cheaper than other transport.
Why Tramps are seen only in Kolkata?
They were discontinued in all Indian cities between 1930 and 1970, except for Kolkata. People in Calcutta find public transport more convenient and affordable . The routes of trams are in accordance with the traffic, However trains are little slow in speed.
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Suburban :
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.
Suburban trains draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. The suburban rail system of Chennai and Mumbai have both dedicated tracks and tracks shared with long distance trains.
Suburan railways in many other cities such as, Mumbai Suburban Railway, Delhi Suburban Railway, Kolkata Suburban Railway, Pune Suburban Railway, Goa Suburban Railway, Ahmedabad Suburban Railway Bangalore Suburban Railway, Lucknow Kanpur Suburban Railway Hyderabad Suburban Railway.
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Metro Rail:
A metro is a train that is specifically designed to run in metropolitan cities while local train are designed to connect the distances within the city and its suburbs areas. The Metro railway system and service are operational in 11 cities in India. These are Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Kochi, Hyderabad, Lucknow and Ahmedabad. The Kolkata Metro was the first metro railway in India, opening for commercial services from 1984. In 2002, Delhi Metro started & today has the largest network in India. Delhi Metro is the second oldest metro after Kolkata Metro.
Mono Rail:
A monorail is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or a beam. Mumbai monorail started in the year of 2014. Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, built as part of a major expansion of public transport in the city. The project is implemented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).





