Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
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Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
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Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#2Am I missing something about how and why this made it to the HN front page?
Seems to be a fairly trite government publication that is more of interest to civil engineers.
I thought maybe there was something in the document that would provoke a few laughs but can't find anything there either.
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#3Am I missing something about how and why this made it to the HN front page? Seems to be a fairly trite government publication that is more of interest to civil engineers. I thought maybe there was something in the document that would provoke a few laughs but can't find anything there either.
few laughs? we are a laughing [rolling] stock, us indians.
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#4Are the location of toilets specified in this document?
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#5Not much about trains, but more about stations and yards.
Page 116:
> All toilets should be gradually converted into Pay & Use system.
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#6Am I missing something about how and why this made it to the HN front page? Seems to be a fairly trite government publication that is more of interest to civil engineers. I thought maybe there was something in the document that would provoke a few laughs but can't find anything there either.
Perhaps it was posted here because it seems to have a remarkably broad scope going well beyond what might be considered railway-related? Just guessing, not the OP.
I am curious though, what part of the title indicated to you that there was something humorous in it?
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#7I found the focus on first class passengers quite interesting. There are guidelines along the lines of "no provision to be made of toilets if there are no first class passengers", "make sure to have separate waiting rooms for different classes of passengers"..
The British era recommendations hadn't been removed by 1967 at least.
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#8The Indian Railways is definitely an interesting organization.
Doing a cursory glance at a Wikipedia entry, some of the stats:
1. Established in 1832
2. 3rd largest railway network in the world
3. 8th largest employer in the world.
I was hoping to see something about the actual Rail Track details but this is more of a civil engineering specs for building construction.
I am curious about when and how Indian Railways will incorporate high speed rail such as the French TGV, Japanese Shinkansen or Chinese CRH.
On a visit to China in 2017 and taking a short trip in the Chinese CRH, I heard stats about 2,000 high speed trains a day. It was an interesting experience traveling at speeds greater than 300 kmh and not feeling a thing.
Of course I am curious about when the USA will incorporate the same.
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#9I found the focus on first class passengers quite interesting. There are guidelines along the lines of "no provision to be made of toilets if there are no first class passengers", "make sure to have separate waiting rooms for different classes of passengers".. The British era recommendations hadn't been removed by 1967 at least.
British class systems and Indian caste system worked together very well.
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#10Am I missing something about how and why this made it to the HN front page? Seems to be a fairly trite government publication that is more of interest to civil engineers. I thought maybe there was something in the document that would provoke a few laughs but can't find anything there either.
Perhaps it was posted here because it seems to have a remarkably broad scope going well beyond what might be considered railway-related? Just guessing, not the OP. I am curious though, what part of the title indicated to you that there was something humorous in it?
Yawn, figure it out