Train travels 2km, leaves 5 wagons behind
Times of India 16.04.2018
Balasore: Exactly a week after 22 coaches of an express train rolled on for about 13km without an engine in Odisha’s Titlagarh, a similar lapse on Saturday evening in Balasore district belied the railways’ claim of better preparedness.
Around 6.30pm on Saturday, agoods train kept moving ahead for two kilometres — between Bahanaga and Panapana stations — despite five wagons getting detached from it. The South Eastern Railway zone has ordered a probe.
Railway sources said the 60-wagon, limestone-laden train was moving towards Tata from Dhamra port station in Bhadrak district when the coaches got detached. The train, however, moved on for two kilometres without either the driver or the guard noticing the separation. In fact, the disconnected wagons themselves continued to run for about half a kilometre. The train was travelling at a speed of around 50kmph.
After noticing the problem, the driver stopped the train at Khantapada station. TNN
Times of India 16.04.2018
Balasore: Exactly a week after 22 coaches of an express train rolled on for about 13km without an engine in Odisha’s Titlagarh, a similar lapse on Saturday evening in Balasore district belied the railways’ claim of better preparedness.
Around 6.30pm on Saturday, agoods train kept moving ahead for two kilometres — between Bahanaga and Panapana stations — despite five wagons getting detached from it. The South Eastern Railway zone has ordered a probe.
Railway sources said the 60-wagon, limestone-laden train was moving towards Tata from Dhamra port station in Bhadrak district when the coaches got detached. The train, however, moved on for two kilometres without either the driver or the guard noticing the separation. In fact, the disconnected wagons themselves continued to run for about half a kilometre. The train was travelling at a speed of around 50kmph.
After noticing the problem, the driver stopped the train at Khantapada station. TNN
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