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Pakistan Railways executing project for rehabilitation of HGMU-30 locomotives (150 Engines)

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Pakistan Railways executing project for rehabilitation of HGMU-30 locomotives

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Pakistan Railways executing project for rehabilitation of HGMU-30 locomotives

Class of locomotive HGMU 30 (Co-Co)
Locomotive Model GT 26 CW-2
Locomotive Grouping 8201 to 8230
Manufacturer of Locomotive Thyssen Henschel, GDR
Date of 1st Locomotive put in Service 1982-1983
Length of Locomotive 20.77m
Number of Wheels
12
Number of Traction Motors 6
Authorized speed of the Locomotive (Km/h) 125
Weight of Locomotive in working order (t) 120
Axle load 17.5
Model of diesel engine EMD 16-645 E3C
Diesel Engine manufacturer EMD General Motors, USA.
Diesel Engine Horsepower 3200
Fuel Capacity 7500 Imp. gallons
Max. Tractive Effort 79000 lbs.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways, as part of measures to improve its overall performance,is executing a project for rehabilitation of HGMU-30 locomotives, as five locomotives are expected to be available by June next.
Two locomotives per month after that will be rehabilitated and inducted in freight operation.

According official sources in the Department,a separate project-Special Repair of 150 Running Locomotives - was approved during 2012-13 under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) as it will decrease the burden of locomotive maintenance on revenue budget.

It has also inducted GMU-30 locomotives in its system by to help generate revenue of Rs. 4.416 million per annum by transportation of oil.

It is expected that freight trains will be increased to 8-10 on daily basis on availability of locomotives at the end of current financial year. It said in case of offering of less oil traffic, Pakistan Railways will focus on operation of container trains to generate revenue of Rs.3.8 billion per annul.

The revenue earning during July 2013 has increased to the tune of Rs. 178.724 million over the corresponding period of previous financial year i.e July 2012.The increase in earnings is mainly due to reduction in fares of passenger trains.

Punctuality of trains has been improved by 3 percent in July 2013 and constantly being observed while efforts are also underway to improve the punctuality further with availability of fit locomotives.

All non-productive expenses have been stopped and expenditures are being incurred in accordance with available resources i.e revenue generation and government subsidy.
 

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