Unstoppable Train [Movie] like incident happened in Indian Railways Today !

[Tech&ME]

Rajgir (Bihar): The Indian Railways continue to provide astounding examples of how passenger safety is compromised every day.

In Bihar, which has in the recent past supplied several railways ministers including quotable-quote-giver Lalu Prasad Yadav, a train ran for four kilometre without a driver. A tense chase brought it to a halt.

On Saturday evening, the Shramjeevi Express arrived from Delhi in Rajgir in central Bihar, 100 km from Patna. While it was in the parking bay, it suddenly began moving on the tracks.

The station master noticed this aberration and quickly sounded an alert. All movement for trains approaching the station on the same track was stopped.

Security guards, other train driver and officials were slow off the mark, which led to a four-kilometre chase. Because the train was moving relatively slowly, they were able to jump into the driver's cabin and pull the brake.

An inquiry on Sunday revealed that the train began moving because while turning off the engine and bringing down its systems, the driver made a technical mistake. The brake failed and so the train began moving on its own.

Two train drivers and supervisors have been suspended.

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[noob]

Unstoppable part 2. Surprising that it was stopped

[NikiNfOuR]

Small story can't be made to a film!

Maybe next time...

[d6bmg]

Cool achievement by Indian Railway.

[sriharsha_madineni]

Aren't the accelerator thing fail safe in locomotives? The dead man's lever, Unless you pull it and hold it there. It falls back to complete halt right?

[Swapnil26sps]

Cool achievement by Indian Railway.

hahahahaha.correct.

[azzu]

^ Dead mans lever was taken out as a measure to make a driver's life "more comfortable". Drivers would complain that it was difficult for them to keep sitting at the console and exert the right amount of pressure on the lever.

[sriharsha_madineni]

Wth it was removed from trains? I think it is mandatory as per global safety standards I guess.

[Nipun]

^ Dead mans lever was taken out as a measure to make a driver's life "more comfortable". Drivers would complain that it was difficult for them to keep sitting at the console and exert the right amount of pressure on the lever.

They were removed?
But they are still in Mumbai locals, right?

[sriharsha_madineni]

^^
It looks so
'Dead man's lever' could've stopped train - Times Of India

[azzu]

They were removed?
But they are still in Mumbai locals, right?

they are being slowly phased out with vdc's

[Revolution]

Indian Rail FTW!

[Tech&ME]

They were removed?
But they are still in Mumbai locals, right?

Yes ! Correct. MRTS have it. [ there is no separate locomotive in this trains ]

On Mail and Express train locomotive's the engine is not driven by putting pressure on Dead Man's lever.

[RCuber]

Small story can't be made to a film!

Maybe next time...

Its always possible in bollywood.... two words.. "item numbers"