Saturday 18 June 2016

Delhi to Kolkata in 4 hours? The Spanish TALGO bullet train.

TALGO : A New Arrival

Talgo is one of the leading companies in Spanish railway sector , started in 1941. Talgo is running almost all around the world and now in INDIA. Talgo has been wooing India for years and got its breakthrough this year to prove that they can slash travel time by 30%. The main reason for which it is allowed for trials that IR won't need to change the track for it.

source : Talgo

Monday 13 June 2016

KNOW MORE OF THE DMU/EMU/MEMU. HOW DO THEY WORK??

Electric multiple unit (EMU) or Diesel multiple unit (DMU) 


Electric multiple unit (EMU) or Diesel multiple unit (DMU) refers to coaches/cars used for mostly suburban areas. These trains have multiple self propelled coaches/bogies either electric motors or diesel for each car.  As opposed to the convention where the passengers are in coaches that are not self-propelling and a locomotive hauls the train, in these cars that carries passengers also has the motive power. EMU/DMU have TRACTION motors installed to them in the bogies itself which propels the cars.

Following article will explore mainly about the shelf propelling bogie i.e DMC (diesel motor car) of an EMU/DMU.