Team News Riveting
Rourkela, November 23
An overhauled locomotive was commissioned at Traffic and Raw Material (T&RM) Department of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on Wednesday.
S R Suryawanshi, ED (Works) inaugurated the Periodically Overhauled Locomotive (POH) Number 1411 in a programme organised in the department to mark the commissioning. Debabrata Dutta, CGM In-Charge (HSMs), A K Behera, CGM (T&RM), R N Rajendran, CGM (Mechanical), Sectional Heads and other officers as well as employees of the T and RM Department also attended the function.
Suryawanshi took stock of the overhauled locomotive and drove the engine. He exhorted the collective to make best use of the locomotive and help the plant further enhance its performance. He also urged them to ensure overall safety in the department.
It may be noted that locomotives are essential equipments for movement of internal and external rolling stocks and are directly related to production and dispatch of finished products of the Steel Plant.
Notably, Periodically Overhauled Locomotive is the most exhaustive preventive maintenance schedule and RSP is getting it done at the Indian Railways Workshop, Trichurapalli. All mechanical, electrical & pneumatic assemblies and sub-assemblies are overhauled, complete rewiring, denting and painting of the locomotive is done in the schedule.
The Locomotive number 1411 manufactured by Messers Banaras Locomotive Works, Indian Railways, was procured and commissioned in the year 1991. The locomotive was sent on for periodical overhauling at Golden Rock Indian Railways workshop, Trichurapalli in June 2022. The same was received back at RSP on November 18, 2022 after periodical overhauling. Notably, the earlier POH of Locomotive was done in the year 2006.
The locomotive will be used for transportation of raw materials, finished & semi-finished products through captive as well as Railway wagons.
Overhauling of the Locomotive has improved its reliability, availability and horse power which will result in smooth internal and external movement of rolling stock.
