There is a bidding process one has to go through and can buy it

through IR’s scrap sale. The cost of a coach would depend on the
tonnes of iron it has. Some coaches would be used to augment the
running ones, while some would be sent to workshops to remove
essential parts for reuse. Whatever is left after that will be put on sale
and if there are no takers, then there would be advertised and
auctioned.
Considering that it's tonnes of iron, buying a shell or coach is not easy. The weight of a
passenger coach is 7 tonnes.
At least six metre-gauge trains have been pulled out of operations by the Lucknow division
of the North Eastern Railway (NER) due to gauge conversion of the Aishbagh-Mailani
section.

These rakes (trains) would be auctioned by railways as soon as a committee declares them
'condemned'.

People can participate in the auction and bid for what would then only be 'scrap' for the
railways.

NER chief public relations officer Sanjay Yadav said the auction would be open for
everybody .

How can you go for it?

The railways inspects all coaches periodically . Coaches that are more than 25 years
old are abandoned.

Those in need of over hauling are sent to the workshop.The useful parts of a coach
are removed and the waste is auctioned.

Scrap dealers who buy a coach cut it into pieces to make it easy to transport. A
person can also buy a shell from a dealer. The cost of a shell would depend on the
tonnes of iron in it.

Most trains are now on broad gauge. For other coaches, only the shell is auctioned.
The bogey (wheels on which the shell is placed) is not auctioned.
"Since railways no longer manufacture these coaches, some of them will
be used to augment the existing pairs. The remaining would be sent to
other railways with metre-gauge trains running if they demand."
Thereon, if the railway finds no takers, they will put them on auction.
The auction will soon be advertised, sometime during next month.

FYI - The last coach that was auctioned 30 years ago was sold
for 1,10,000.

Old coaches after their service life are condemned and sold as scrap through auction.
Coaches damaged in accidents are also disposed off through auctions. So the
options to buy the coaches are through auction or from the scrap dealer who buys
these coaches from auction.

Type of Length over Length over Height of Maximum No.of no.of Door
coache body CBC(Center the coach width over lavatories passenger to aside
Buffer from rail body sit/sleep
Couplers) level
Composite 23540mm 24000mm 4039mm 3240mm 4 AC 1st – 10
1st AC and AC 2nd - 28
AC two tier
(EOG) LHB
coach
Second class 23540mm 24000mm 4039mm 3240mm 4 80 2
sleeper
(EOG) SCN
coach 80
berther
GS coach 23540mm 24000mm 4039mm 3240mm 4 100 3
(EOG) 100
seater (LHB
sheel on flat
bogie)
 AC first 23540mm 24000mm 4039mm 3240mm 3 (2 24 2
class (EOG) European
LHB type and 1
coach Indian
style)
AC three tier 23540mm 24000mm 4039mm 3240mm 4 72 2
(EOG) LHB
type coach
AC two tier 23540mm 24000mm 4039mm 3240mm 4 52 2
(EOG) with
wider cabin
width LHB
type coach
High 23540mm 24000mm 4366mm 3050mm 4 120 2
capacity
double
decker AC
chair car
(EOG)
The integral shell is made of a framework of series of hoops, consisting of floor crossbeams, body
side pillars and roof carlines located transversely at regular intervals, to suit door and window
openings (see figure 2.2). These hoops are connected together by sole bars, waist rails, light rails,
cant rails and carlines longitudinally. This frame work is sheathed all over by 2 mm thick corten steel
(IRS-M -41) on the side walls and 1.6 mm thick corten steel on the roof. At the bottom 2-mm thick
corten steel corrugated trough floor is provided between the sole-bars and running over the length
between the head stocks of underframe. The whole forms a tubular shell of integral construction in
which the sides and roof panels also share the load. The corrugated trough floor with its
corrugations running longitudinally from one head stock to the other takes up the buffing loads.
Below lavatory the tubular constructions are provided in place of trough floor to avoid corrosion due
to seepage of water (See figure 2.2). In coaches with stainless steel trough floor, no tubular structure
is used.
End wall consists of four vertical pillars of box section connected transversely by `Z' sections and are
welded to the head stock at the bottom and to the roof at the top. (See figure 2.3)
The head stock of BG integral coaches consists of outer and inner head stocks connected by two rigid
center buffer stiffeners, which transmits all the buffing forces to the under frame structure.

Under-frame acts as support for mounting equipment like air or vacuum brake system (brake
cylinders, DV, BP & FP pipes, auxiliary reservoirs, control reservoirs, etc.), air -conditioning system
(Compressor unit, Battery, Control rectifier, etc.), train lighting battery boxes, under slung water
tank, etc.
TRAIN LIGHTING

The following systems of Train Lighting are in use on Indian Railways BG coaching stock: 1. End On
Generation (EOG) 2. Self Generation (SG) 3. Mid On Generation (MOG)

Depending upon the train lighting systems, the coaches are of following types.
In this chapter the train lighting system of Non AC and AC SG coaches will be discussed.

Types of AC coaches on Railways can be classified broadly as under :

Power Supply System: As far as power supply system is concerned, the coaches are of the following
two types :
(i) End-On-Generation (EOG) : In this system two types of Power cars are used a. Coaches
mounted with 50 KVA, 750 V/415V, 3 f transformer. b. Coaches with out stepdown
transformer suitable only for old low capacity power cars.
(ii) (ii) Self Generating (SG) : Based on AC equipment, there are two types of Self Generating
coaches. a. 110 V DC with under slung type AC equipment working from 110 V DC. b. 110 V
DC with Roof Mounted AC Package Units working from 415 V, 3 f, obtained with the help of
25 KVA inverters mounted on underslung as well as onboard.

MAJOR EQUIPMENTS USED IN AC UNIT ARE

: 1. Compressor (open type for under slung, sealed type for Roof Mounted Package Unit (RMPU) 2.
Condenser including liquid receiver and dehydrator. 3. Expansion Valve 4. Evaporator with heater
element. 5. Motors for compressor, condenser, evaporator . 6. Other protective devices and control
panels. 7. Thermostat, Filters etc.
General Requirements of all Occupancies

1. Location
 All coaches in the site shall have access to a public road from at least one side
 Any outward projected elements from the peripheral side of the coach shall be limited to
the sunshade line.
 Proper offsets should be maintained
i) Minimum 3m gap should be maintained from each coach

Train coach
Train coach 3M

ii) Road widths should be considered (table)

 wheels of the coaches should be properly welded (if parked on tracks), to avoid moment of
the coach.
 Wheels should be treated, to again stability (when parked on ground)

2. Permitted Types of Construction

3. Universal Accessibility
 All types of Occupancies shall have universal accessibility as per provisions in this
research
4. Access
 Staircase should be provided to the doors which are in use.
  Staircase shall follow the standards from NBC ( raiser height 150mm , tread width 300mm
 Railing should be provided or all the ramps and staircases , of 800mm height minimum.
5. Lighting
6. Ventilation
7. Sanitation
8. Fire safety
8.1 General
 Every coach shall be so designed, constructed, equipped, maintained and operated as to provide
adequate means of egress to avoid undue danger to the life and safety of the occupants from fire,
smoke, fumes or panic during the time period necessary for escape.
8.2 General exit requirements
 An exit may be a exit doorway; an internal staircase(incase of double-decker train) , exit passageway,
external doorway, external staircase and these having access to the street or to a Veranda of a coach. An
exit may also include a horizontal exit leading to an adjoining coach, having its further access to
unlocked/public exit at the same level.
 Every exit shall be continuously maintained free of all obstructions or impediments to full use in the case
of fire or other emergency.
 Doors in exits shall open in the direction of exit.
 All the exits shall have a clear ceiling height of at least 2.4 m. However, the height of exit door shall be at
least 2.0 m
8.3 Corridors and passageways of means of egress
 Corridors and passageways shall be of width not less than the calculated aggregate width of exit
doorways leading from them in the direction of travel to the exit
8.4 staircase
 The minimum width of tread without nosing shall be 250 mm for staircase of residential occupancy
coaches. This shall be minimum 300 mm for assembly, hotels, educational, institutional, business and
other types. The treads shall be constructed and maintained in a manner to prevent slipping. The
maximum height of riser shall be 190 mm for staircase of residential type and 150 mm for other
types. The number of risers shall be limited to 12 per flight. The staircases may be internal staircases
( incase of double decker trains ) or external staircases.
8.5 ramps
 b) The slope of a ramp shall not exceed 1 in 12 (8 percent).
 c) Ramp(s) shall be surfaced with approved slip resistant materials that are securely attached. No
perforations are permissible on ramp floors.
 d) Any changes in travel direction in ramp shall be preceded by landings of 1.5 m × 1.5 m size.
 e) Ramps and intermediate landings shall continue with no decrease in width along the direction of
egress travel.
 f) Outside ramps and landings shall be designed to minimise water accumulation on their surfaces.
 g) Ramps shall have landings located at the top, at the bottom, and at doors opening onto the ramp.
h) Every landing shall be not less than 1 500 mm long in the direction of travel.
 j) Where the ramp is not part of an accessible route, the ramp landings shall not be required to
exceed 1 250 mm in the direction of travel, provided that the ramp has a straight run.
 single family
dwelling

residential two family dwelling

mess , boarding
houses , dormitories
and hostels

small scale
industrial
industries

offices

business
research and testing
laboratories

pre school

facilities up to
educational higher secondary
level

facilities for training

types of occupancy
and for above
in coach
secondary level

clinics for children

health care
medical facilites and
emergency medical
facilities

mercantile shops and markets

low and moderate

storage
fire risk storage

small assemly with

assembly and without fixed
seats

utilities

miscellaneous

9.