11 June 2013

Guided Media Tour Conducted to Coaching Maintenance Depot, Secunderabad

Guided Media Tour Conducted to Coaching Maintenance Depot, Secunderabad


      
                                      Jet cleaning of a Coach
       
                                                              Interior cleaning of Berths
       
                                                                A Bio-Toilet fitted to a Coach
       
                                                Wheel lathing machine at work to shape a wheel
       
                                                 Wheel lathing machine at work to shape a wheel
       
                                                                Bio Toilets are seen fitted to Coach
       
                                               Air Bag Techlonogy is used for lifting a Coach
       
                                               A Bogie of a Coach is taken for maintenance
       
                                                        Coach maintenance Machine Room
       
                                       The efficacy of the Bogie is tested before put into  use
       
                                Men and Woman at work  checking under carriage of a Coach
     
Shri M Amerandra, Chief Rolling Stock Engineer, SCR is seen addressing the Media


The Media Personnel from Twin Cities of Hyderabad / Secunderabad were taken o­n a Guided Media Tour to visit “ Coaching Maintenance Depot” Bhoiguda, Secunderabad today  ( 11thJune, 2013). 
Shri Gagan Deep, Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineer (Carriage & Wagon), Secunderabad Division and Shri K. Sambasiva Rao, Chief Public Relations Officer, SCR  guided the Media persons into the Coaching Maintenance Depot and explained the activities.  The Media personnel were first shown various maintenance activities which are carried out to make ready a train for its next run, such as Safety checks, mechanized cleaning of coaches, rodent cleaning , replenishing passenger amenity item in the coach etc o­n the pit lines.  Next, the Media personnel were shown the state-of-the-art  LHB Coach which is being newly introduced in some identified trains and were given a first hand information about the salient features of the Coach.  They were also shown the Bio-Toilet, an indigenous invention, and its working.
Later, Shri M. Amarendra, Chief Roling Stock Engineer, SCR, explained the  working of Coach Maintenance Depot, Bhoiguda, salient feature of  LHB Coaches and Bio Toilet through a Power Point presentation and inter acted with the Media personnel.