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| Date | 2010-12-01 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | freight |
Grade & Super Grade work -- party Wagons with Grass, Straw, Firewood and Charcoal, Offensive goods, Explosives and other Dangerous goods and livestock should not be riveted.
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GOODS THEORY
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# How rupee came in 2018-19 Southern Railway
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### Notes:
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# Freight Operations
Indian Railways (IR) carried nearly 1216 Million Tonnes of Freight in the year 2018-19.
Freight trains bring two thirds of the Indian Railway revenues
Freight referred to as the bread earners for the Railways.
### Notes:
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# MAJOR COMMODITIES
Coal
Iron Ore
Food grains
Iron & Steel
Cement
Petroleum products
Fertilizer and Containerized Traffic.
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# RATES BRANCH SYSTEM
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# Rates Branch System
Developed by CRIS
To find the distance between the stations
By the shortest route
By the route selected by the user
Available for coaching and goods traffic
To find all possible route combinations between any two stations
Can be accessed through railnet & internet
Linked with PRS & UTS
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# GOODS CARRIED BY IR
COAL & COKE
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CEMENT
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FOOD GRAINS & PULSES
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FERTILIZERS
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P- PETROLEUM
O- OIL
L- LUBRICANTS
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CONTAINERS
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# Types of Wagons/Carriages
Open wagons
Covered wagons
Flat wagons
Hopper wagons
Tank wagons
Containers
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# Open wagons
BOXN
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# Covered wagons
BCN
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# Covered wagons
BCNHL
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# Flat wagons
BRN
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# Hopper wagons
BOBYN
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# Hopper wagons
BOBRN
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# Tank wagons
BTPN
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# Tank wagons
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# Container wagons
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# Double Decker Container Train
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# COMPOSITION OF BLOCK RAKES
| Typeof wagons | Standard size | Min. No. of wagons to be loaded |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BOXN/BOXNHS/BOXNEL | 59 | 58 |
| BOXNHL | 58 | 57 |
| BOST | 45 | 43 |
| BOBRN | 59 | 56 |
| BRN/BRNA/BFNS | 43 | 41 |
| BFR | 35 | 30 |
| BCN/BCXN | 41 | 39 |
| BCNA/BCNAHS | 42 | 40 |
| BCNHL | 58 | 57 |
| BTPN | 50 | 49 |
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# DETAILS AVAILABLE ON GOODS WAGONS
Name of the owning railway
Wagon number
Type of wagon
Carrying capacity of wagon
Tare (Weight of empty wagon in Tonnes)
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# DETAILS AVAILABLE ON GOODS WAGONS
Area (Floor area)
Return date (for periodical overhauling)
“NP” within a circle – Non-Pooled wagon
Four-pointed white star - no overloading beyond MCC
Ownership details – privately owned wagons
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# Permissible carrying capacity
Notified by Railway Board
Chargeable weight of a wagon
Routes on IR have been classified as
Universalized CC+6,
CC+8 ,
Excepted CC+6
25 tonne axle load routes
The PCC of tank wagons issued by Central Tank Wagon Calibration Committee(CTCC)
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# Loading Tolerance
To determine the level of punitive charges leviable in case of overloading.
LT is considered to take care of error in Weigh Bridge
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Coal Over loading
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#
Minimum chargeable distance - 100 kms
Minimum chargeable weight- PCC
Rounding off of freight – any fraction rounded off to next higher multiple of one rupee.
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