62nd Esc Meeting Final Presentation

TO
62nd ELECTRICAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE
MEETING
10th & 11th May 2018

Ernakulam, Southern Railway
NEW ITEM NO. : 403A
SUBJECT : Diesel to Electric loco conversion.
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
PROPOSED BY : Railway Board
Note of Railway Board:
•Conversion of Diesel to Electric loco by maintaining the same

bogie have been planned.
•These locos are planned to work as MU’s on Indian Railways.
•ESC to deliberate on policy decisions regarding homing,

maintenance and operation or any other issue arising out of
above.
Item403A-Diesel-Electric-Cont.
RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION
Diesel to Electric loco conversion
RDSO’s NOTE:
Alco diesel locomotives to electric locomotives:
•RDSO, CLW & DLW have jointly worked on conversion of

WDG3A loco to twin Co-Co 10,000 HP electric loco classified.
•The work of weight balancing & FEA analysis of under frame

have been completed by RDSO.
•The layout of prototype locomotive has been finalized.
General Arrangement of WDG3A

Speed-Torque characteristic:
Speed Vs Tractive Effort of Twin Co-Co
(10000 HP) Converted Electric locomotive
1. Adhesion = 86 t/246 t = 35%
2. Total Twin Rail HP = 10000 HP
3. Load: 58 BOXN (CC+8+2t) = 5294 T
WAGC3 (10000 hp)
 In this conversion process TM capacity has been fully

utilized resulting in horse power of 10,000 HP in twin Co-
Co combination.
 Conversion work completed in DLW.
 Oscillation trial in BE-MB-SRE section of Northern Railway

is in progress.
HHP diesel locomotive to electric loco:

Similar conversion of HHP diesel loco WDG4 to twin Co-Co
electric locos (12000 HP) is also in progress.
Item 403A-Diesel-Electric-Cont.
Proposed Layout
Proposed Layout
Item 403A-Diesel-Electric.
TE-Speed Curve
Group may further deliberate.
NEW ITEM NO. : 403
SUBJECT : Dual Mode Shunting Locomotive.
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
Note of Railway Board:
•Eastern Railway has modified one Motor Coach to work as

battery cum 25 kV shunting engine.
•RDSO has prepared Specification no.

RDSO/2017/EL/SPEC/0136 (Rev. ‘0’) for Dual Mode Shunting
Loco (DMSL).
•Development of DMSL is the need in view of increased

electrification.
Item 403 DMSL-Cont.

Dual Mode Shunting Loco
RDSO’s NOTE:
• At present, Diesel locomotives are being used as shunting

locos.
• Dual power technology Electric Shunter can provide an

alternative to existing Shunting locomotives, leading to
more efficient & pollution free shunting services.
• The dual-mode Shunting Locomotive is basically an electric

locomotive to operate from 25 kV AC OHE supply as well as
Li-Ion Battery set, where yards are not fully electrified.
Item 403 DMSL-Cont.

Proposed Power Circuit

Integrated Converter
Item 404 DMSL-Cont.

• Meetings were convened at CLW with prospective

vendors to discuss the development of DMSL.
• Vendors have expressed willingness to develop the

DMSL.
• CLW is in the process of floating tender.
Item 403 DMSL.

NEW ITEM NO. : 404
SUBJECT : Push-Pull operation for Electric
Locomotive.
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
RDSO’s NOTE:
• Trains with WAP5 locomotives in push-pull formation will
lead to increased average speed of the train.
• Control signal for MU formation in three phase locomotives

is based on Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
 149 kHz – For “0” Logic

 179 kHz – For “1” Logic
• For this purpose 13 core cables throughout the rake would

be required.
Item 404 Push Pull Operation-Cont.

Push Pull Operation of 3-phase loco
Modification Required in Loco Software:
• To negotiate the neutral section smoothly by both the
locomotives, a Time delay logic introduced in VCU software
for operation of VCB of slave locomotive.
Modification Required in locomotives wiring:
• For MU, slave locomotive needs to be charged first and after

it reaches node no. 503, the BL key is taken out and then
master locomotive is charged.
• This activity is required to be completed within 10 minutes.
• For this purpose, the BL key of slave locomotive shall be

duplicated in the master locomotive.

• Considering the above the total cores required shall be as
below:
 3 wires for MU
 6 wires for BL key duplication
 2 wires for LED indication signal
Result of Simulation study:

• A simulation has also been done for running 16 coach train
with 2 WAP5 and 2 WAP7 locos in push pull mode in NDLS-
BCT section by actually taking into 118 PSR distributed in
the section. Results are given in table1 and table2.

Without Considering Speed Considering Permanent Speed
Restrictions
Restrictions (PSR)
Train Total SEC with Regen. Total SEC with Regen.
Compositi Time Regen. Energy as Time Regen. Energy as
on in (KWH/1000 % of in (KWH/1000 % of Total
Minutes GTKM) Total Minutes GTKM) energy
energy Consumed
Consume
d
1 WAP5
+ 16 ICF
Coach 689.671 19.455 3.79% 837.002 18.915 15.81%
2 WAP5
+ 16 ICF
Coach 679.001 23.268 3.29% 807.593 23.254 15.63%
1 WAP7
+ 16 ICF
Coach 684.817 18.966 3.98% 825.615 18.583 16.65%
2 WAP7
+ 16 ICF
Coach 676.417 22.044 3.55% 801.14 22.149 16.59%
Table 1
Time Saved
Locomotive (in Time Saved (in minutes)
minutes)
Without With PSR With TSR Total
PSR
With 2 WAP5 10.7 29.4 28.5 57.9
in comparison
to single WAP5
With 2 WAP7 8.4 24.5 25.6 50.1
in comparison
to single WAP7
With 2 WAP5 2.6 6.5 4.1 10.6
in comparison
to single 2
WAP7
Table 2
• Speed certificate for conducting COCR trials have been
issued by RDSO.
Item 404 Push Pull Operation.

NEW ITEM NO. : 405
SUBJECT : Indigenous development of Radio
equipment for Distributed Power Wireless
Control System (DPWCS).
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
PROPOSED BY : RDSO & SCR
RDSO’s NOTE:
DPWCS Architecture
Item 405-DPWCS-Contd.
Radio equipment for DPWCS
• OEMs of DPWCS are using different Radio Equipment leading
to problem in Interoperability among different makes of
DPWCS.
RACOM radio modem Summation Research Institute.

SATEL radio modem
Item 405-DPWCS-Contd.
Radio equipment for DPWCS
• Common RF devices in DPWCS will help to achieve following
objectives.
 Interoperability among various make of DPWCS.
 Common communication protocol.
 Simplifying the requirements for obtaining an operator’s

license for radios from Wireless Planning & Co-ordination
(WPC).
• Some of the authorized agencies for supplying radio

equipment are also the one of the OEMs for DPWCS.
• M/s BEL has confirmed for development of indigenous radio

equipment for DPWCS.
Item 405-DPWCS.
NEW ITEM NO. : 406
SUBJECT : a) Pan India maintenance schedule (IA, IB
and IC only) for Electric Locomotives.
b) All Electric Locos to be attended in the
nearest Electric Loco Sheds for attending
all defects not involving lifting and also
for attending schedule maintenance of IT,
RDSO’s NOTE: IA and IB.
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
PROPOSED BY : SCR
NOTE of SCR:
• Using “SLAM” software developed by CRIS, any shed can

access the history of loco equipment and maintenance
records of home shed.
Item 406-Pan India-Cont.

Pan India maintenance schedule
• This should facilitate taking up the emergency un-scheduled

maintenance (not involving lifting) and also maintenance
schedules in the nearest Electric Loco Sheds.
• This will help in increasing the availability of loco for traffic

use by improving outage.
RDSO’s NOTE:
Some advantages of this concept are as under:
Dead loco movement will be minimized.
Overdue running of locomotives will be reduced.
Loco availability will improve.
Item 406-Pan India- Cont.

Pan India maintenance schedule
However, it has following constraints which may be hindrance

to achieve these objectives:
A large number of variants of inventory will be needed.
Training of staff will be required for all type of

loco/equipments, which may be difficult to achieve.
Unequal distribution of inspection works, as sheds at

terminal stations will get more locos than the others.
Item 406-Pan India.

NEW ITEM NO. : 407
SUBJECT : Provision of EP Assist Brake System in
Electric Locomotives.
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
PROPOSED BY : RDSO
RDSO’s Note:
• The EP Assist brake system components and functionalities

are as per UIC 541-5.
• EP Assist brake system minimizes the response time and

simultaneous braking from the first to the last vehicle.
• A UIC cable runs through the whole train which transmits the
electrical signals for brake application & release as well as
monitor the continuity.
Item 407-EP Assist locos-Cont.

EP Assist Brake System
• Every vehicle is equipped with two solenoid valves one for

venting and the other one for filling of the brake pipe.
• The electric signals are generated as per the positions of

Driver brake valve (A9).
• The EP Assist brake is an overlay to the pneumatic brake

system. The distributor valve function in coaches and brake
system in loco are not influenced.
• If EP Assist system fails, train can work without EP assist

features as normal existing brake system.

Signal generation Signal transmission Reaction in vehicles
EP – control line (Electrical) FP

DBV ERP
II EP
P control
BP-Relay II
P unit Application Release EP
BPP EP Valve Valve
BP (Pneumatic)
Distributor Valve
Brake Cylinder

Layout of EP Assist components in coaches

TEST BOX
UIC Plug
UIC Socket
UIC Dummy EP Braking ( SM) +110 V SM Application

1 1
Socket Return (0 V ) EP Return
2
EP release (+110 V ) 2Junction Box EP Release
3 3
EP application (+110 V) EP Application
4 4
UIC Dummy
Socket
FP
Application Release EP UIC Plug

UIC Socket
EP Valve Valve
TEST BOX B
P
Distributor Valve
│29 RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION Brake Cylinder

• It is expected to reduce braking distances of long train
formations (24-26 coaches) by about 15%.
• Achieves uniform deceleration in complete train that helps to
improve riding comfort by reducing the inter vehicular
coupler forces.
• The design permits retro fitment of the equipments in
existing three phase loco.
• RDSO has already issued specification of EP Assist brake
system vide specification no. RDSO/2018/EL/0138, Rev. ‘0’
dated April’ 2018.
• Railway Board has given approval for provision in 20 locos on

trial basis.

NEW ITEM NO. : 408
SUBJECT : Hosting of Remote Diagnostic System (RDS)
and GPS data of Electric locomotive on
Railtel portal along with failure portal
developed by RDSO.
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
PROPOSED BY : RDSO
RDSO’s NOTE:
• RDSO had developed online portal
(http://elpm.ggn.rcil.gov.in) for reporting and analyzing
failures of electric locomotive with the help of Railtel.
• At present the data of RDS for three phase loco and of MPCS
V3 for conventional loco are on private servers of the
vendors, who are supplying the equipment.
Item 408-Remote Diagn. System-Cont.

RDSO Portal on Railtel Server
• It was earlier proposed to host the RDS/MPCS V3 data on

CRIS server as a part of Software for Loco Assets
Management (SLAM) project by CRIS.
• CRIS informed that this work cannot be done as a part of

SLAM.
• RDS data may be hosted on failure portal server and Railtel

may be advised to take up this work.
Item 408-Railtel Portal.

NEW ITEM NO. : 409
SUBJECT : Creation of a centre of excellence for
technical know-how and guidance on 3-
phase locos.
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
PROPOSED BY : NR
Note of proposing Railway:
•In order to groom young officers there is need to have a

centre of excellence for technical know-how and guidance on
3-phase locos, which can guide them on circuitry and trouble-
shooting issues on stumbling blocks so that the younger
generation is kept motivated and they learn faster and remain
effective.
Item 409-centre of excellence-Contd.

Creation of a centre of excellence
RDSO’s NOTE:
• Centre of Excellence, CLW (Costing Rs. 63 Crores) consists of
following facilities:
 Simulation and Evaluation of Suspension/Bogie & Traction

System.
 Software development Lab.
 Laboratory for Development and evaluation of Power

Electronics Applications/Insulation material.
 Electric loco modeling, virtual modeling and simulation.
• Training may be conducted at various leading loco

manufacturer’s design centres also.
Item 409-Centre of excellence.

NEW ITEM NO. : 410
SUBJECT : On-board Surveillance and Data Recorder
(OSDR) for Electric Locomotives.
GROUP : Elect.(TRS)
PROPOSED BY : CLW
CLW’s NOTE:
• Nowadays, locomotives have three different systems for
recording operational data, video and voice.
 Remote monitoring system collects and sends critical

locomotive parameters to a remote server.
 Energy cum speed monitoring system records energy and

speed parameters and store them in an on board device.
 Crew voice and video recording system records the

video/audio of inside of cab, track and OHE.
Item 410-OSDR-Contd.
OSDR for Electric Locomotives
• Worldwide on-board driving data recorder or event recorder

is used for recording train operation parameter with
followings.
 Camera, Microphone & Network Video Recorder (NVR) with

GSM/WiFi/GPS Module.
 Radio Antenna, Crash Protected Memory & Display Unit.
 Pulse generator/Speed sensor and Axle box temperature

sensors etc. are used.
Item 410-OSDR-Contd.
OSDR for Electric Locomotives
RDSO’s NOTE:
Provision for followings already exists:
Remote Diagnostic System (RDS):

Where all the relevant data is sent to remote server from loco
for condition monitoring and needful action. All the signals,
which are on MVB like speed, temperature, pressure, voltage
and current etc. are available and can be sent to remote servers
for needful.
Crew Voice & Video Recording System (CVVRS):

In this system, facilities for video recording in cab, roof and
front of the locomotive is available for needful action.
Item 410-OSDR.
NEW ITEM NO. : 411
SUBJECT : Up-gradation of existing OHE from 160 kmph
to 200 kmph.
GROUP : RE
RDSO’s NOTE:
• Based on the two studies, one by JICA and other by D2

Engineering, a technical specification for running of trains at
200 kmph was prepared & sent to UTHS Directorate in
October’2017. UTHS directorate submitted the final report to
Railway Board in November’2017 for approval.
Item 411-Upgradation of existing OHE-Contd.

Up-gradation of existing OHE
• RDSO has been directed for simulation studies of OHE/PSI
for 160/200 kmph for various types of rolling stocks
including train sets in Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah
sections.
• Recommendations of JICA/D2E report shall also be examined

during simulation and any modification in the existing system
shall be advised.
• Finalization of assumptions and deliverables in consultations

with Railway Board- 25.05 2018.
• Sanction of work/estimate- 15.07.2018.
• Preparation of bid documents- 25.06.2018.
• Tender invitation/opening- 27.07.2018.
• Award of contract/completion- 31.08.2018/31.12.2018.
Item 411-Upgradation of existing OHE.

NEW ITEM NO. : 412
SUBJECT : Reduction in the cost of RE work.
GROUP : RE
•Presently steel items like mast/portal, isolators, insulators

and bracket etc. are purchased from CORE approved sources.
•It is proposed to purchase it from open market as per Railway

specification.
RDSO’s NOTE:
• Purchase from open market will mean discontinuing the
practice of CORE approving such vendors.
• For procurement, conditions of open tender shall apply for

financial requirements.
Item 412-Reduction-Contd.
Reduction in the cost of RE work
• For this, CORE need to spell out the requirement of eligibility

criteria, Factory STR, warranty, Post–supply Failure & QAP
etc.
• STR verification & Type testing will be necessary at the

factory of the firm’s Factory receiving orders through open
tender. Agency for the same is required to be identified.
Item 412-Reduction.
NEW ITEM NO. : 413
SUBJECT : Low cost OHE Design.
GROUP : RE
RDSO’s NOTE:
• Following cost cutting measures were taken by RDSO.
 Horizontal distance of existing power line crossing

conductor which was earlier H+2.135 meter in IRSOD have
now been revised to 3 meters. It will avoid replacement of
many power line crossing towers and conductor at huge
cost.
 Buried foundation design has been issued for yards. It will

reduce the cases of shifting of track or provision of portal,
where track separation is less in the yard. It will save huge
cost.
Item 413-Low cost OHE design-Contd.
Low cost OHE Design
 Cylindrical foundation designs have been issued and

foundations are under testing. It is expected that it will
expedite the electrification.
• Following cost cutting measures were advised to Railway

Board and Railway Board has issued guidelines:
 Power Supply: Traction Sub-station having two numbers

of 13.5 MVA Traction Transformers (one used as
standby) with associate switch gear as on the capacity. In
case, released transformers are to be employed,
it is imperative to have them overhauled based on

condition-monitoring parameters of transformers before
pressing into service, in order to ensure reliability, despite
the redundancy.

Low cost OHE Design
 Spacing of the TSS shall be 100 km. This will reduce the
cost of the project to a substantial extent and in the event
of a future increase in traffic, the FP can be installed at a
spacing of 50 km.
 Protection: With a longer section to be catered, the

settings of Distance Relay (kept normally at 200%) shall
have to be reduced to 150%. Also, the delta-I relay will
also have to be set to 1 A in place of existing 2 A setting,
for the zone to come under protection regime.
In case of extended feed situation, the constraint of high

resistance fault not clearing will be a major concern. The
counter-measure to be taken is to have the
earthing/bonding strictly in accordance with Code of
practice for Earthing (No. II, Vol. II part II ACTM and
latest RDSO guidelines issued.
Low cost OHE Design
 OHE: The conventional OHE system, with Cd-Cu Catenary

of 65 sq mm and HDGC Contact Wire of 107 sq mm can be
adopted. The OHE shall be conventional, keeping the
spans in line with relevant wind zone area in which this
route will lie.
 Insulators: They shall be either Porcelain or Composite,

depending on the pollution of the area in which route lies.

Low cost OHE Design
• Additional cost cutting measure now being recommended:
These cost cutting measures are advised with a view that

these can be strengthened subsequent to electrification as
and when maintenance organization need these.
 Number of SSP can be reduced. Its effect will be larger

section will be affected in case of failure and larger section
power block will be required for maintenance.
 Number of IMs & IOLs can be reduced and number of

UIOLs can be increased accordingly.
 Sectioning of yard lines can be reduced by reducing

number of section insulators and Isolator’s.
Item 414-Low cost OHE design.

NEW ITEM NO. : 414
SUBJECT : a) Strategies for increasing open access
including provision of metering CT and PT
for open access power.
b) Metering at important feeders for energy
monitoring & energy efficiency
requirement.
GROUP : RE
RDSO’s NOTE:
• The current Transformer of 0.2/0.2 s accuracy class and
potential transformer of 0.2 accuracy may be used at TSS
for ABT metering.
• Since CT and PT required for ABT metering are general

purpose commercially available equipments, which are also
being used by various DISCOMs/Power utilities.
Item 414-Provision of metering-Contd.
Prov. of metering CT and PT for open access power
• The same specification used by various power utilities may

be used and there is no need of having separate RDSO
Specification for the same.
• For the layout of CTs & PTs in TSS for ABT metering the
Drawing no. TI/DRG/PSI/TSSLO/RDSO/00004/02/1 Rev.
‘A’ & Drawing no. TI/DRG/PSI/TSSLO/
RDSO/00005/02/1 Rev. ‘A’ has been issued by RDSO vide
letter no. TI/PSI/DRG/TSS-SPC/POLICY/15 dated
15.07.2015. Revising the earlier layout of TSS for new TSS.
• For existing, TSS layout/drawing under modification-

31.05.2018.

Item 414-Provision of metering.
NEW ITEM NO. : 415
SUBJECT : Tower Wagon Maintenance schedule and its
implementation.
GROUP : RE
PROPOSED BY : NR
•The number of OHE depots & Tower Wagons is going to double

in near future. On the other hand, the Sheds/Workshops
nominated for POH for Tower Wagons are getting over loaded
and are not able to give adequate attention to this asset.
•In the recent cases of axle breakage in two Tower Wagons in

Northern Railway, even the drawings of axle were not found to
be available in EMU Car Shed/GZB & TI/Directorate, RDSO.
Item 415-Tower Wagon Maint.-Contd.

Tower Wagon Maintenance schedule
RDSO’s NOTE:
• A committee comprising of EDTI, CEDE/NCR and CEDE/NR
had submitted a report, which was deliberated in the 61 st
ESC regarding the Periodicity of Maintenance of tower
Wagons.
• It was advised to issue a corrigendum with regard to using

TKM in place of RKM for the purpose of beat of Tower
Wagon. The same was issued vide letter no.
TI/OHE/TWSMI/08/03 dated 06.04.2016.
• CEE/NR vide letter dated 30.01.2017 have requested RDSO

to review the SMIs of 4 wheeler and 8 wheeler tower
wagons in light of periodicity of USFD.
• The SMIs were reviewed and USFD have been recommended

to be carried out annually in line with the guidelines
available from the M&C Directorate of RDSO.
Item 415-Tower Wagon Maint.-Contd.
Tower Wagon Maintenance schedule
• The revised SMIs of 4 wheeler and 8 wheeler were issued

vide letter dated 10.07.2017 and 23.08.2017 respectively.
• Periodicity of maintenance of Diesel Engine and other

equipment have also been reviewed in 8 wheeler tower
wagon SMI and latest version issued on 28.11.2017. RDSO
already advised that CEEs to decide the homing shed for TW
overhauling and maintenance. 08/10 centralised TW sheds
for all Railways may be planned for future.
• 10% spares including axle may be made part of contract of

Tower Wagon Procurement.
Item 415-Tower Wagon Maint.

NEW ITEM NO. : 416
SUBJECT : Modification of TSS Drawings.
GROUP : RE
PROPOSED BY : NR
•As Railways have decided to move to “Open Access”,

scheduling and forecasting of load becomes important.
•Therefore, provision of PT, CT & ABT meters of 0.2/0.2 S

accuracy on the HT side in Railway TSS is necessary.
•RDSO may make requisite modification in the TSS drawings, so

that the same is done in all ongoing/future electrification
works.
Item 416-TSS Drawings-Contd.

Modification of TSS Drawings
RDSO’s NOTE:
• RDSO’s drawing no. TI/DRG/PSI/TSSLO/RDSO/00004/02/1

Rev ‘A’ and TI/DRG/PSI/TSSLO/RDSO/00005/02/1 Rev ‘A’
for traction substation have been modified for the provision
of ABT metering.
• These drawing have been issued to all Railways and CORE

vide letter no. TI/PSI/DRG/TSS-SPC/POLICY/15 dated 15 th
July, 2015.
Item 416-TSS Drawings.

NEW ITEM NO. : 417
SUBJECT : Provision of only one number Retro
Reflective number plate in each kilometer at
the beginning of kilometer and not on every
OHE mast.
GROUP : RE
PROPOSED BY : SWR
•With reference to Railway Board letter no.

2001/Elect(G)/170/1 Pt dated 07.05.2012, One no. of retro
Reflective OHE number plates should be provided in each
kilometer at the beginning of kilometer.
•This instruction has recently been implemented in SWR and

this was highly appreciated by running staff.
Item 418-Provision of RR no. plate-Contd.

Prov. of one no. Retro Reflective number plate
• This above circular has recently been superseded by railway

Board letter no. 2001/Elect(G)/170/1 dated 22.11.2016
with the directions to provide retro reflective number plate
on every OHE mast.
• Provision of retro reflective number plate on every OHE mast

has the following implications;
a) This will create tremendous stress to the eyes of Driver &

Asst Driver due to continuous reflected light from the
number plates resulting in
(i)Irritation in the Drivers & Assistant drivers minds during

Loco running,
(ii)Effecting the normal vision of the driver
(iii)It may create physiological effects also.

b) If every mast is provided with Retro Reflective number

plate, then identification of particular kilometer will
become difficult during night, because it will not be eye
catching in nature.
c) During interactions, the Running staff is already

complaining about too many boards (provided by
Engineering & Signal Departments) with Retro
Reflective lettering, which is causing severe strain to
the Drivers.
• Therefore, it is proposed to have only one Retro

Reflective plate in each kilometer at the starting
kilometer on par with the instructions issued vide
earlier Railway Board letter no. 2001/Elect(G)/170/1
Pt dated 07.05.2012.
RDSO’s NOTE:
• Presently the aspects of signal etc. are made available in
the cab in FOG PASS system. For train running at speeds
more than 160 km/h, this can be replicated for mast
locations since OHE is GPS mapped already.
• Railway Board letter no. 2001/Elect(a)/170/1 dated

22.11.2016 is for 160 kmph Routes and not for 140 kmph
and lesser speed sections.
• Provision at every mast was made for faster identification

of cautions, which may be required due to increase in
speed.
• In view of implication highlighted by SWR, provision of one

number retro reflective plates at every half km may be
considered.

Item 417-Provision of RR no. plate.

NEW ITEM NO. : 418
SUBJECT : Replacement of Overhead Cross Feeders at
SP/SSP/TSS locations by under-ground
cables to avoid up and down power block as
well as to improve reliability.
GROUP : RE
PROPOSED BY : SCR
•The present overhead cross feeder arrangement at

SP/SSP/TSS locations requires the following maintenance:
Maintenance requires checking of around 15-20 jumper

connections from cross feeder to OHE and along feeder to OHE.
Item 418-Overhead Cross Feeders-Contd.

Replacement of Overhead Cross Feeders
 Power block is required on both UP and DN lines for a

period of 45 minutes. In trunk routes power block on up
and down lines often involves regulation of trains
causing financial loss to Railways.
 In case of any abnormality, conductors falling on OHE

can hamper the traffic on both UP and DN lines.
 Due to uncertainty in availability of power block on both

UP and DN lines, manpower is wasted.
• Therefore, it is proposed to provide Under Ground cable

with suitable insulation of inner sheath & armoire din
place of overhead cross feeders to reduce gantry
maintenance and UP and DN power block requirement
and improving OHE reliability.

Gantry with Overhead Cross-feeders
Proposed UG cable underground cables in place of Overhead Cross-feeders

Replacement of Overhead Cross Feeders
RDSO’s NOTE:
• The proposed underground cable solution to avoid power
blocks for maintenance checking of jumper connections
from feeder to OHE is technically possible.
• This arrangement will increase the cost of installation.

Further, there will be requirement of maintenance of cable
termination/joints used in this arrangement. Railways have
no experience of maintenance of cable and cable joints.
• In case of failure of cable restoration time will be higher as

compared to existing cross feeding arrangement.
• This issue was also discussed during 30th MSG (TrD)

meeting and it was decided to take mandatory power blocks
required for maintenance rather than changing the standard
OHE cross feeding arrangements.
• Closed
Item 418-Overhead Cross Feeders.
NEW ITEM NO. : 419
SUBJECT : Cadre of Tower Wagon Driver to be made
part of Running Staff.
GROUP : RE
PROPOSED BY : SCR

•Different practices are being followed on different Railways
regarding Tower Wagon Drivers.
•In the absence of uniform policy on this subject, some

Railways are following the practice of Tower Wagon Drivers
being drawn from Running staff.
•Whereas, some Railways are following the practice of Tower

Wagon Drivers to be drawn from the cadre of OHE
Lineman/Technicians.
Item 419-Cadre of Tower Wagon-Contd.

Cadre of Tower Wagon Driver
• Railway Board’s letter no. E(P&A)II-78/RS/2, dated

29.04.1991, mentions that “Wherever the Tower Car
Drivers are not drawn from Running Staff, they may be
classified as Running Staff and running allowances may be
paid to them”.
• The Committee is, therefore, requested to deliberate on the

subject for the consideration of drawing the Tower Wagon
Drivers only from the Running Staff cadre.
• This shall help in better and safe operation of tower wagon,

since Running Staff are already well conversant with the
Traffic and Safety rules and are given Refresher course
every 3 years, and even otherwise Railways are paying
mileage charges/running allowance to Tower Wagon
Drivers.
Item 419-Cadre of Tower Wagon-Contd.

Cadre of Tower Wagon Driver
RDSO’s NOTE:
• RDSO is of the view that in the absence of running staff, the
OHE Lineman/Technicians may be utilized after suitable
category of medical examination, providing training related
to tower wagon operation, traffic safety & road learning etc.
• The similar practice is being followed by some Railways.

Alternatively, since IR is going towards 100 % Railway
Electrification and requirement of Tower Wagon Driver is
going to be increased, hence, based on the population of
tower wagon in the Railway, recruitment of ALP (Asst. Loco
Pilot) especially for this purpose may carried out by
individual Railway.
Item 419-Cadre of Tower Wagon.

NEW ITEM NO. : 420
SUBJECT : 3-Phase propulsion system for Tower Car
and manufacturing on LHB platform.
GROUP : RE
PROPOSED BY : ICF

•Presently, DC propulsion system is adopted for Tower Car,
which is less efficient and requires more maintenance.
•It is therefore proposed to introduce 3-phase propulsion

system, which is more efficient and require less maintenance.
•Presently, the overall length of the Tower Car is 21.3 meters

and if Tower Car is made on LHB platform, the overall length
will be 23.54 meters.
Item 420-3-ph. Prop. System for Tower Car-Contd .

3-Phase propulsion system for Tower Car
• Therefore, there will be an increase of length by about 2.2

meters. Presently, the Driver’s cabin in the Tower Car is too
congested, which can be overcome by adopting LHB
platform, so that more space can be given to Driver’s cab.
RDSO’s NOTE:
• In diesel electric tower cars, uses of ac propulsion system in
lieu of DC propulsion system will replace rectifier and
traction motor only with IGBT based convertor unit and 3-
phase induction motor, whereas primary source of traction
power i.e. diesel engine shall be as it is.
• Also micro controller/microprocessor based propulsion

control system with suitable operating and diagnostic
software shall be provided.
Item 420-3-ph. Prop. System for Tower Car-Contd .

3-Phase propulsion system for Tower Car
• The overall cost of the 3 phase propulsion system is more

and viability of the same for Tower car application may be
established with techno economic analysis to be carried out
in consultation with Electric Loco & PS&EMU Directorates of
RDSO before arriving at any conclusion.
• Proposal for use of LHB platform for tower wagon appears

to be feasible. However, proposal needs to be examined by
Carriage Directorate of RDSO in view of suitability of
mounting of self-propelled aggregates and other aspects.
Item 420-3-ph. Prop. System for Tower Car.

NEW ITEM NO. : 421
SUBJECT : Guidelines for Installation of Solar Plants on
vacant Railway land.
GROUP : EM
PROPOSED BY : SCR

•Railway Board’s guidelines are available for the installation of
Solar Plants on roof-top (concrete as well as slant).
•But presently, there are no guidelines available for installation

of Solar Plants on vacant Railway land.
•There is lot of potential available for the installation of solar

power generating plants on vacant Railway land, which will
also save the land from encroachments.
Item 421-Guidelines of Solar Plant-Contd.

Guidelines for Installation of Solar Plants
RDSO’s NOTE:
a) Roof top Solar Power Plant
• suitable for small and medium size
b) Land based
• bigger solar power.
Desired Features for Land Based Solar Power Plant:

• Plain vacant land.
• Dessert land is undesired.
• Near load centers or near the grid connection.
Item 421-Guidelines of Solar Plant-Contd.

Guidelines for Installation of Solar Plants
• Local grid with sufficient capacity.
• Flood risk assessment.
Item 421-Guidelines of Solar Plant.

NEW ITEM NO. : 422
SUBJECT : Enhancing codal life of internal wiring in
buildings from 10 years to 25 years.
GROUP : EM
PROPOSED BY : SCR

•Codal life of assets were issued vide Railway Board’s letter no.
98/Elect(G)/138/6, dated 29.05.2016, mentioned codal life for
internal wiring in Buildings as 10 years.
•This was issued on the basis of wiring practices adopting

aluminium wire for the conductors and surface casing and
capping. In recent years copper wire for the conductors and
concealed PVC conduits are being employed.
•Copper is a better conductor, less prone to corrosion effect

and having better strength than aluminium.
Item 422-Enhancing codal life of wiring-Contd.
Enhancing codal life of internal wiring
• There is lot of Technological improvement in insulation

quality like XLPE insulation with Fire Retardant properties.
Hence, life and durability is comparatively more, frequent
replacement is not required.
• Therefore, it is suggested to increase the codal life of

internal wiring, with copper wiring and concealed PVC
conduit to 25 years.
RDSO’s NOTE:
a) The life of the wiring dependents on:
• condition of conductor & insulation

RDSO’s NOTE:
a) The life of the wiring dependents on:
• Degradation of conductor-
 oxidation /corrosion,
 excess heat from overloading,
 loose conductor connections etc.
• With time, the occupant connect more and more load in the
existing wiring system leading to overloading.

b) Factors affecting aging of wiring:

 heat,
 high ambient temperature,
 direct sun light,
 water absorption
 humidity,
 damage
 rodent & other creatures, etc.

c) Deterioration of insulation.
d) Degradation in insulation is faster in rubber insulation

cables.
e) No life of wiring is defined in-
• National Electric Code or,
• Code of practice for Electrical wiring IS: 732 1989.

f) The codal life of wiring followed by CPWD:
• 20 years- for non – coastal area.

• 15 years- for coastal area.
g) Recommended life for Copper conductor with PVC/XLPE

insulation and concealed PVC conduit wiring:
• 20 years- for non-coastal area.

• 15 years- for coastal area.
Item 422-Enhancing codal life of wiring.

Some of the important issues
1. Role of IRIEEN
 Its present role & future we envisage
 What more needs to be done.
2. SPAD- A need to chalk out proper strategy.
3. Introduction of MSG for General Services Assets-for

discussion on issues of lifts, escalators,11kV/33kV sub-
stations, pumping installations, development in lighting
technology ,training of staff/officers etc.
4. Improving Troubleshooting skills of crew

 Simulator Training
 Practical demonstration
Important issues-contd.
5. Strategy for newly electrified sections

Training
Homing of locos
Manpower for maintenance
TLC, TPC, TRO & TRD org.
6. Review of norms for AT supply for

signalling/other essential services

7. Future vision
Induction of supervisors from RRB-with diploma in

Electronics
 Neutral section free OHE
Tension length of OHE-can we go beyond 1500 m
Any other suggestions


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62nd ELECTRICAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE

10th & 11th May 2018

Note of Railway Board:

•Conversion of Diesel to Electric loco by maintaining the same

•These locos are planned to work as MU’s on Indian Railways.

•ESC to deliberate on policy decisions regarding homing,

Alco diesel locomotives to electric locomotives:

•RDSO, CLW & DLW have jointly worked on conversion of

•The work of weight balancing & FEA analysis of under frame

•The layout of prototype locomotive has been finalized.

General Arrangement of WDG3A

WAGC3 (10000 hp)

 In this conversion process TM capacity has been fully

 Conversion work completed in DLW.

 Oscillation trial in BE-MB-SRE section of Northern Railway

HHP diesel locomotive to electric loco:

Group may further deliberate.

Note of Railway Board:

•Eastern Railway has modified one Motor Coach to work as

•RDSO has prepared Specification no.

•Development of DMSL is the need in view of increased

Item 403 DMSL-Cont.

• At present, Diesel locomotives are being used as shunting

• Dual power technology Electric Shunter can provide an

• The dual-mode Shunting Locomotive is basically an electric

Item 403 DMSL-Cont.

RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION

Item 404 DMSL-Cont.

• Meetings were convened at CLW with prospective

• Vendors have expressed willingness to develop the

• CLW is in the process of floating tender.

Group may further deliberate.

Item 403 DMSL.

• Control signal for MU formation in three phase locomotives

 149 kHz – For “0” Logic

• For this purpose 13 core cables throughout the rake would

Item 404 Push Pull Operation-Cont.

Modification Required in locomotives wiring:

• For MU, slave locomotive needs to be charged first and after

• This activity is required to be completed within 10 minutes.

• For this purpose, the BL key of slave locomotive shall be

Item 404 Push Pull Operation-Cont.

Result of Simulation study:

Item 404 Push Pull Operation-Cont.

Group may further deliberate.

Item 404 Push Pull Operation.

RACOM radio modem Summation Research Institute.

 Interoperability among various make of DPWCS.

 Common communication protocol.

 Simplifying the requirements for obtaining an operator’s

• Some of the authorized agencies for supplying radio

• M/s BEL has confirmed for development of indigenous radio

Group may further deliberate.

• Using “SLAM” software developed by CRIS, any shed can

Item 406-Pan India-Cont.

• This should facilitate taking up the emergency un-scheduled

• This will help in increasing the availability of loco for traffic

Dead loco movement will be minimized.

Overdue running of locomotives will be reduced.

Loco availability will improve.

Item 406-Pan India- Cont.

However, it has following constraints which may be hindrance