A new Diesel Electric Tower Car was inaugurated at Hatia Railway Station by Divisional Railway Manager, Pradeep Gupta here on Friday. The repair, maintenance, inspection, patrolling, etc of overhead equipment (OHE) on electrified railway sections are carried out by tower cars.
This high quality tower car is equipped with all State-of-the-art facilities, this tower car is equipped with two engines of 330 HP, Traction Alternator, Power Rectifier, Traction Motor, Auxiliary Alternator, Motor Switch and other accessories. And its length is 22.92 meters. Since this tower car has two engines, if one engine fails, the tower car can still run with the other engine temporarily.
The speed of this eight wheeled tower car is more than that of four wheeled tower cars, this tower car can run at a maximum speed of 100 kmph, the breakdown site can be reached in less time with the help of this tower car | The capacity of a tower car is two and a half times that of a four wheeled tower. And the lifting platform area of this tower car is 8.55 square meter which is more than the lifting platform area (5.80 square meter) of old tower car so more workers can work together.
Apart from these, a high capacity noiseless generator set has been installed, cameras for inspection of overhead equipment, as well as cabins for inspection and repair of overhead equipment, 02 seating cabins for officers and employees and a small kitchen. This tower is made in the car.
Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Infra) Satish Kumar, Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Operations) Manish Kumar, Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (Traction) AR Das, Senior Divisional Operations Manager Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (General) Kuldeep Kumar, Senior Divisional Signal and Telecom Engineer S. Oraon, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager cum Chief Public Relations Officer Nishant Kumar and other officers and employees were present at Hatia station.