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.
