IMPROVING FREIGHT WAGONS
Indian Railways have
introduced 100 kilometre per hour high speed wagon to bridge the
gap between speeds of Mail/Express and freight trains.
In addition,
stainless steel wagons have been introduced to overcome the problems
of corrosion.
Besides, special
purpose wagons for carrying steel coils have been introduced.
The other improvement
in freight wagons includes development of improved version of
Board Gauge open wagon to carry an additional 1.8 tonne load per
wagon.
Bogie mounted
brake system on wagons for enhanced safety and reliability during
operation has also been introduced.
