Waht is maximum speed that the indian made locos can go upto ? wht is the kind of power produced in BHP ?

Question

Waht is maximum speed that the indian made locos can go upto ? wht is the kind of power produced in BHP ?

Answer 1

Indian made locos can attain a maximum speed of 250 Km/hr. But our tracks are not designed for such a high speed. Or i can also say that tracks are designed for 300 Km/hr, but that is for standard conditions. Indian railways take in account a safety factor of 50%. That is why they say that the tracks are designed for 150 Km/hr. Right now there is only one train (Shatabdi-New Delhi to Bhopal) that runs at 150 Km/hr between New Delhi to Agra Cantt. station.

The power produced in Locos is variable. The locos is run by traction motors. There are four traction motors. One traction motor produces a power of 1200 BHP. If all the motors are running they produce a power of 4800 BHP. The running of the motors depends on the power required to pull the wagons.

Answer 2

The speed of Indian trains are not limited by the engines ability. It is limited by the coach design. Designing of coaches, specially the wheels is an important subject of mechnical engg.  The current designs probably limits speed to a max of 160 kmph. But trains hardly runs above 110 kmph.

Answer 3

140 km/hr