Lokomotiva No. 37364 (WAP-7) from Electric Loco SED, LALLAGUDA, South Central Railway, which won the first prize in the “Beauty for Electric Locos’ competition. | Photo Credit: Make @Scrailwayindia on x
Lokomotiva No. 37364 (WAP-7) Electric Loco Shed, LALLAGUDA, South Central Railway, won the first prize in the “cosmetic competition for electric locomys”, which took place last month at Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi. It will share the highest prize with Royapuram Electric Loco Shed, Southern Railway, of 13 locomotives from various zonal railways that participated in the competition.
Locomotives are assessed on the basis of their unique features or modifications, overall aesthetic attractions and maintenance standards. The main peaks of the upgraded cabin-Loco No. 37364 (WAP-7) included adjusting the alternating pipe in the cab and providing the thermal insulation around the body of the cab and the machine room.
This helped reduce temperatures by 20 ° C in the crew seat, 33 ° C on the roof, 13 ° C on the floor and 22 ° C at the driver’s board under operating conditions.
By providing acoustic insulation around the body of the cab and machine room, the noise level in the cabin was reduced by 2dB in the machine, 18 dB in the cab under top operating conditions.
The cabin was provided in the AI (DMS) control system to monitor the awareness of the crew in real time. The 360 ° locomotive system with 14 cameras on Loco facilitates the crew to monitor the state of pantography, the condition of the machine room, the cabin supervision and the view of the monitors available in the cabin, the official edition said
Meanwhile, the SCR recorded 12.832 million tonnes (MTS) in a freight load in May 2025, which is the highest in each year. The previous best was 12.418 MTS. Loading the cargo only last month in the current financial year is 25.194 MTS, also the highest load on the corresponding period in any financial year, he added.
Published – 4 June 2025 12:51
