Showing posts with label Indian Coaches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Coaches. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

                                         LHB COACHES( LINKE HOFMANN BUSCH)
                        Passenger compartments of Indian Railways that are developed by Linke Hofmann Busch of Germany and produced by rail coach factory in Kapurthala,India. These coaches are designed for speeds upto 160kmph sometimes to 200kmph. They have been tested upto a speed of 180kmph. Their length is 23.54m and has a width of 3.24m by having these dimensions passenger capacity increases. These coaches are made of  up of stainless steel and interiors are made of aluminium which helps to reduce the weight.These type of coaches are used in superfast express trains like Rajdhani,Shatabdi and Duronto express. 

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

                            ICF Blue


                             In 1955 the now defunct swiss car and elevator manufacturing company of schlieren designed and delivered brand new models of coaches to be used across Indian Railways.These fully iron and steel coaches were a world apart from wooden framed coaches used until then,featuring the most advanced technology of the time: coaches of integral,anti-telescoping design,very rugged utilitarian and functional.After technology transfer,the integral coach factory at Perambur (ICF), Chennai started to produce coaches and bogies.These coaches are known as ICF coaches.