MECHANICAL (DIESEL & DISASTER MANAGEMENT) DEPARTMENT

 

 

INTRODUCTION

Sealdah Division is spread over major districts of West Bengal namely Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas, Nadia and Murshidabad. Mechanical (Diesel and Disaster Management) Department looks after the operation and maintenance of Diesel and Electric locomotives , Disaster Management Team comprising of “A” Class ART at BGA, 140 Ton BD Crane, HS-SPARMV, Divisional Motor Vehicles, maintenance of Electronic In-motion and Static Weigh Bridge and Fire Extinguishers etc. International Train Services (Maitree Express), Bandhan Express including Bangladesh Goods services between India and Bangladesh are also looked after by this department.

Mechanical (Diesel and Disaster Management) Department is headed by Sr.DME(Dsl & Disaster Management) along with 03 Nos. Assistant Officers – AME(P) and AME(Dsl) 

		ORAGANISATION CHART

1.INCREASED OF LOCO HOLDING:

From 11.12.2024 sdad shed is holding & maintaining 10 nos. Additional wap7 electric locomotives to made sealdah division self reliant for providing locomtives to passenger trains. Total holding: 40 nos. Wap7

Enable division to save Path & Crew for transferring locomotives from HWH Division

 

 

2.REDUCTION OF INSPECTION TIME:

 

üReduction of inspection time has increased the loco outage of shed.

üIA, IB SCH. – On same day.

üIC SCH.-On three shift

 

 

3INCREASED OF LOCO OUTAGE:

MONTH WISE OUTAGE OF2024-25
WPA7
MONTH	TARGET	PRGS
APR	27	27.10
MAY	27	25.51
JUN	27	24.99
JUL	27	21.92
AUG	27	23.03
SEPT	27	23.39
OCT	27	22.38
NOV	27	24.69
DEC	27	30.08
JAN	36	33.00
FEB	36	33.69
MAR	36	36.39

 

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5.RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT OF PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVES:

 

Reliability Improvement:

üGTO BUR have successfully replaced with IGBT based 3x130 kVA BUR in 02 nos. locos :

o1. Loco No- 30329on 19.07.2024

o2. Loco No- 30490on 17.10.2024

üReplacement of Failure prone M/s BHEL make out of warranty Traction Converter (SR) with M/s ATIL make SR :

o1. Loco No- 30490 on 17.10.2024

6.INSTALLATION OF HIGH REACH PANTOGRAPH:

 

üInstallation & commissioning of high reach pantograph in SDAH based 06 nos.WAP7 locos.

 

üDETAILS OF LOCOMOTIVE

Loco NO.30327  30329  30371

                30370  30494 30455

7.Installation & Commissioning of High Capacity (7775KVA) Transformer & HLC to make 10 Nos. SDAD based Loco HOG Compliant in FY 24-25:

 

8.INSTALLATION OF KAVACH

 

In FY 24-25 fourteen (14) numbers of KAVACH have been installed in Sealdah based WAP7 locomotives.

 

KAVACH FITMENT DONE in FY 24-25:

30525

30458

30552

30455

30494

39263

30300

30370

30311

37609

30490

37610

30295

30469

 

9.Installation and commissioning of Light Run Test Bench:

 

 

10.Installation and commissioningof dedicated VCBSet up Room inaugurated by

GM/ER on 07.02.2025