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Diesel loco trial on NMR successful

Coimbatore: After a series of tests and trials, the trial run of a diesel locomotive was successfully conducted on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway on Saturday (October 31) between Mettupalayam and Hillgrove.

A release from the Salem Division said that the train for the trial run had five coaches pushed by YDM4 diesel locomotive, backed by a steam locomotive and another coach, since it was a trial run.

The train moved over the rack section up to 8.2 km. The haulage and braking efficiency of the diesel locomotive were tested along with the steam loco in the critical section where the gradient is 1 in 12.5.

The maximum speed of the train in the rack section will remain at 13 kmph for the diesel locomotive as in the case of the steam. The diesel locomotive with five coaches was operated up to Hillgrove station, a distance of 10 km. All the parameters like hauling capacity and braking efficiency were satisfactory.

The train, which left Mettupalayam at 08.35 hours, went up to Hillgrove station and then came back to Kallar station at 13.25 hrs.

The outcome of the trial is found to be encouraging, the release added.

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