WORKING OF LONG HAUL TRAIN (PYTHON) ON CR
1. General:
a. Long haul trains, empty/ loaded rakes of 42 BCN/ 58 BOXNHL/ 59 BOXN/ 45 BLC/ 50 BTPN/ 45 BRN/ 45 BOST (including all variant of stock) shall be operated on CR by clubbing two rakes in one hook in any possible combination.
(i) Two loaded rakes
(ii) Two empty rakes or
(iii) One loaded and one empty rakes.
b. Long haul shall be run on every section on Central Railway except Ghat section in Mumbai and Nagpur Division.
c. The Long Haul train shall be run under nomenclature of PYTHON which shall be prefix to the train name. It shall be relayed to SM of adjoining stations while asking line clear and will be marked accordingly on control chart also. Separate color code shall be provided in FOIS to distinguish such trains.
2. C & W staff
a. Two rakes clubbed in Long Haul trains shall have valid BPCs for individual rakes separately.
b. The separate rakes with separate valid BPC so clubbed will be issued with Air pressure continuity certificate after conducting continuity by C & W staff. c. Long haul train should have at least 95% brake power while starting and 90% break power on run. C&W staff shall check proper locking of CBC.
d. While starting the Long haul trains, minimum pressure (BP) shall be 5 Kg/CM2 in the engine and 4.7 Kg/CM2 in the brake van. However, incase loco to unable to create 4.7 kG/CM2 in rear B/van the load may be allowed up to 4.4 Kg/cm2 BP pressure in B/van to run at the reduced speed not exceeding 45 KMPH to facilitate controlling.
e. Eight wheeler B/van, if available, shall be marshaled in between two rakes. If both B/van are four wheeler both shall be attached in the rear of the train.
f. LP/ guard shall have set of emergency spares like Air pressure pipe, Nuckle, Nuckle pin etc. which will be supplied by C&W staff.
g. Division shall follow instructions giving in G&SR for detaching wagons on account of Hot Axle, Flat Tyre etc.
3. LOCO DEPARTMENT
a. For smooth working of long haul, a multiple unit of WDG4/WAG5/WAG7 shall be attached as leading engine and a loco shall be attached between the two rake so that if the long haul is to be splited, both the rake shall run independently from the split point.
b. For the working of long haul train loco pilot of A or B category shall be nominated who have thorough knowledge of the section. The name of the nominated LPs shall be displayed in the crew booking lobby.
c. The Loco Dept. shall ensure that the dynamic braking of the locomotives are in working condition. d. If the Loco of the long haul train has to be changed for any reason, whole of the load shall be released to avoid brake binding.
4. S & T DEPARTMENT
a. The train staffs shall be provided with Wacky Talkie by the S & T department before starting the train for the communication between the staffs in front of the train and in the rear of the train.
b. When the train starts from the originating station, hand signal shall be exchanged by the guard with the LP with the help of flags of light. Guard shall sound the whistle. c. If hand signals cannot be exchanged due to cutting, curvature or any other reason, Wacky Talkie can be used for communication.
d. In case of long haul the Division shall ensure that the Wacky Talkie provided to the train crew has a good range of over 1.5 kilometer and function without any interruption to the communication.
e. If the Wacky Talkie fails to work in the section, the train shall be stopped at the next station.
f. Working of long haul train shall not be permitted during ACF or TSL. g. In the event of failure of Walky Talkie or during ACF/TSL , the long haul shall be splited and allowed to run individually as per the rule.
5. OPERATING DEPARTMENT
a. The long haul train shall be run on single line clear. The TL/TB shall be provided at the rear most brake van and not in the middle brake van.
b. The middle/ banker locos will not be charging the BP. Brake shall be applied by the LP of leading loco and LP of middle/ banker loco shall bring his loco on idle on application of brakes by the leading LP. The Guard shall communicate with the LP at the end of every speed restriction zone and clearing of the cross-over. c. The LP of middle/banker loco shall push the train as per requirement in co-ordination with LP of leading LP.
d. The Guard of the rearmost brake van shall be the in-charge of long haul train. However middle brake van shall also be manned.
e. The Guard of the Long Haul train shall ensure safety of rear portion of train to avoid rolling down (application of hand brakes) when stable after shunting. f. The Guard of the train will communicate over walkie-talkie about clearance of speed restriction zones and cross over to the LP of the long haul.
g. The maximum speed of long haul train shall be restricted to “Lower of the maximum speed” of constituent trains in the section, subject to other speed restriction time to time. However the maximum speed of long haul on down gradient of 1 in 100 will not exceed 40 KMPH.
h. As far as possible SCOR will ensure that through line clear given to long haul train to avoid detention to the following trains.
i. Point zone on CR are track circuited and are connected to the block instruments. This facility will ensure prevention of any possible rear end block side collision due to blockage of fouling mark and beyond area. However for the station where point zone has not been track circuited or in case of failure of track circuit or block instruments at the station line clear to following train will not be granted unless long haul train has cleared the signal overlap of home signal.
j. Identified section for long haul run will be provided with additional special T/G board for long haul trains. k. Marshaling of rakes shall be such that, loaded rake is always the leading followed by empty rake.
l. All rules of G&SR for working of trains shall be applicable for running of long haul train also.
6. OTHERS
a. Repercussions caused due to any failure related with long haul train being run on trial shall be booked on “OTHERS” account.
b. For monsoon working, sanders of all loco should be in working order and monsoon time table for deployment of loco should be follow.
c. If required division may issue local instructions based on this JPO to take care of specific topography, operating issue etc.
d. Crew working long haul train and PCOR / TLC /CCOR / Yard master / Controller should be given small pocket booklets containing these instructions.
NOTE
1. The first JPO (Joint Procedure Order) was issued for the working of long haul in the Central Railway among all zones in the Indian Railway.
2. The JPO was issued under the signature of CELE, CMPE (D), CRSE (S), and CFTM.
