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Monday, 6 July 2015

19:05

Railway Minister inaugurates new LHB Manufacturing Plant, flags-off 50000th Coach at ICF/Perambur

Railway Minister inaugurates new LHB Manufacturing Plant, flags-off 50000th Coach at ICF/Perambur

Perambur (PER): Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu today dedicated LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) manufacturing unit located at Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur.

The unit has been set up at a cost of Rs 252 crore to manufacture 300 LHB stainless steel coaches.

He also flagged off  the 50,000th coach manufactured at ICF. ICF is one of the earliest production units in India. It was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru in 1955.

ICF is capable of producing close to 2000 coaches per year and has produced 50,000 coaches since its inception around in 500 different designs.

The factory has turned out an outrun of 1704 coaches in 2014-15 consisting of 50 variants.


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Monday, 4 August 2014

18:13

Vizag Railway Heritage Expo draw thousands of Enthusiasts

Vizag Railway Heritage Expo draw thousands of Enthusiasts

A working model of a train to Araku and some models made of egg shells are among the big attractions. The pictures are sure to revive memories of the pre-Independent era among senior citizens and the majestic steam locomotives would have revived the memories of those who were fortunate enough to have seen them chug in and chug out of the stations.

Visakhapatnam (VSKP):  Mahatma Gandhi alighting a third class wooden coach, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the cabin of a locomotive, a special train carrying refugees, packed with passengers, with many squatting on the roof top, at the time of Partition, a steam engine on a turn table …


These are a few of the hundreds of photographs of historical importance on display at an exhibition that was inaugurated by General Manager of East Coast Railway Rajiv Vishnoi, being organised at Srinivasa Kalyana Mandapam, near the Railway Station to trace the 160-year journey of Indian Railways.

The exhibition is drawing thousands of visitors and people of different age groups are evincing keen interest in seeing the pictures. Many of the visitors were seen capturing the rare photographs on their digital cameras.

The pictures are sure to revive memories of the pre-Independent era among senior citizens and the majestic steam locomotives would have revived the memories of those who were fortunate enough to have seen them chug in and chug out of the stations.
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