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Compendium of
Schedule of Inspections
and
Check Lists for Inspections
November 2020
Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering
Pune - 411001
Foreword to Second Edition
Inspections is a very critical tool in maintenance strategy of Railway infrastructure. The
Schedule of Inspection for different level of officials and items/aspects to be inspected
are stipulated in different Codes/Manual/Instructions. For an individual, especially for a
newly posted officer, it may be difficult to comprehend all these instructions. To facilitate
this, IRICEN had published a “Compendium of Instructions related to Inspections and
Competency Certificates in Engineering Department” in October’2015.
After October’ 2015, there were revisions/corrections to Indian Railway Permanent Way
Manual (IRPWM), Long Welded Rails (LWR) Manual, Indian Railway Track Machines
Manual (IRTMM) and other relevant instructions. To incorporate these corrections, the
“Compendium of Instructions related to Inspections and Competency Certificates in
Engineering Department”, published by IRICEN in October’2015, was being revised by
Shri N. K. Mishra, Professor (Track)/ IRICEN. This work was taken further by a team of
Shri. B. Ravikumar, Shri. Janardan Prasad and Shri. Sabyasachi Roy (Senior
Instructors/Track/IRICEN). In the meantime, a booklet titled as “Learning the First Step
by a Railway Engineer”, authored by Shri. Alok Kansal, the then PED/Bridge/Railway
Board and presently General Manger/Western Railway, was published by Institution of
Permanent Way Engineers (India)/Northern Centre. This booklet contained practical
aspects and tips for a newly joined ADEN. The revised draft of the compendium published
by IRICEN earlier combined with some of the practical aspects and tips contained in the
booklet authored by Shri. Alok Kansal were thoroughly revised and finalised by Shri. R.
K. Shekhawat, Senior Professor/IRICEN; and this work is being presented in the form of
“Compendium of Schedule of Inspections and Check Lists for Inspections”.
This compendium contains summary of Schedule of Inspections for various officials,
Functionaries authorised to issue Competency certificates for various track work
activities, Check Lists for different Inspections and Practical aspects/tips regarding
Human Resources Management, Accompanying inspections of Higher Officials, Accident
Management, Quality of Works and Interaction with Traffic department. While various
provisions of Codes/Manuals/other Instructions have been summarised and compiled in
this compendium, it does not supersede or negate or modify any existing rules,
regulations, or instructions contained in Codes and Manuals.
It is hoped that this compendium will help as a ready reckoner for any Inspecting official
in Open Line, especially the newly joined ADENs; which in-turn will enhance the efficacy
and quality of the inspections. Any suggestions for improvement in this publication are
welcome.
Pune
(S. K. Agrawal)
November’2020 Director General/IRICEN
Foreword
Inspections are an integral part of the various safety measures undertaken by the
Railways to make train-mode transport safe, comfortable efficient and punctual.
Inspections in general means visits to various work centers to carefully examine the
working of the system; find out the defects and to see that rules and instructions are
implemented according to their spirit. It is both educative and corrective in nature.
The Civil Engineering assets comprise important part in Railway system and its upkeep
is very important from safety and comfort point of view. This handbook containing
compendium and instructions related to inspection of civil engineering assets would be
of great help to all the inspecting officials. An attempt has been made in formulating
certain f
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