There happened hot axle problem with a python goods train enroute to Harduaganj in UP from Shivpur in the ECR Dhanbad division.
A python goods train has normally 58 +58 wagons loaded or empty with twin engines. It is introduced to cut short time in carrying goods. There is no python feature of any long distance passenger trains which can have a maximum of 24 coaches only.
However except for rail traffic dislocation there is no other loss. The disruption was of three hours before it was overcome.
Rail traffic on the Up line between Hehegara and Chhipadohar railway stations under the East Central Railway of the Dhanbad division was restored around 8 pm (20 hrs as per rly time) last night after a little over 3 hours disruption following 'hot axle' problem with a coal loaded long haul python goods train enroute to Harduaganj on Saturday.
The hot axle problem arose with the 25th wagon of this coal laden train from rear end to the engine said railway sources.
The long haul python goods train halted around 5.13 pm (17.13 as per rly time) Saturday evening near pole number 243/01. It had coal load from Shivpur for Harduaganj in UP.
Intercity express train from Ranchi to Sasaram was controlled at the Tori railway station said railway sources in Daltonganj.
Hot axle is a very common but equally dangerous phenomenon with the railway wagon or coach in which the wheel becomes exceptionally hot leading to the jamming of the ball bearing.
Inadequate lubrication to the wheel ball bearing leads to the hot axle issue with the running train.
Sources said as this section is a prominent coal freight corridor disruption of rail traffic on the Up line matters most.