Hopper Ballast Wagon | Ballast Unloading | Material Train | Construction of P. Way | Indian Railway

Material Train - Material Train means a departmental train intended solely or mainly for carriage of railway material when picked or put down for execution of works, either between stations or within station limits. The railway material may include stone boulders, ballast, sand, cinder, moorum, rails, sleepers and fittings etc.

Pushing of Material Trains - On down gradient steeper than 1 in 100, pushing is not permitted. On gradient easier than 1 in 100 ascending or descending pushing may be permitted at a speed not exceeding 25 Km./h. provided the brake-van occupied by Guard is the leading vehicle. The speed will be restricted to 10 Km./h., if the brake van is not leading.

Courtesy- RDSO. Indian Railways

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