For what seems to be a fairly organized system, they still have not figured out how to not have the compartments smell like stale urine. I am not even joking. The moment you step into a compartment even the air-conditioned ones, the stench of urine is unbelievably strong. This has been this way since 2000s. Such a shame for a system that could be so much better.
Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
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Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#12Don't know why it's posted here
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#13Am 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.
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Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#14I 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.
How is that different from business vs economy class on airlines in the west?
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#15The 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 w…
> high speed rail such as the French TGV, Japanese Shinkansen or Chinese CRH
You forgot the German ICE[1] ;-)
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#16Am 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?
This was the pattern I read in the title: "[Country] [Government org] Works Manual".
Surely, I thought to myself, the only reason this would have made it to the HN front page is if there were a few guffaws in it related to how asinine a government document could be, but I couldn't find anything in there that indicated the same.
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#17The 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 w…
Track is being laid for the Japanese Shinkansen system between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, tough it seems to be delayed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai%E2%80%93Ahmedabad_high-...
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#18The 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 w…
> high speed rail such as the French TGV, Japanese Shinkansen or Chinese CRH You forgot the German ICE[1] ;-) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_Express
Indeed! I am sure I missed quite a few high speed systems.
India is in the shape of a diamond, where the most populous cities would be at the four points of the diamond aligned North-South. A high speed train network that would cover Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai together as a fully connected graph will probably have the highest volume of traffic. [1]
A trip from Trivandrum, Kerala or Kanya Kumari, Tamil Nadu in the South of India to the stations in Assam or Arunachal Pradesh in the North East of India would be some of the longest trips that you can take.
India has also some of the most beautiful railway lines in the world with switchbacks connecting the plains to the hill stations. [2]
Also some of the most expensive train rides. [3]
Of course there's air travel for the time conscious but the trains are for the adventurous travelers.
BTW, One of the most interesting stays I had in the US was at the Chattanooga Choo Choo in Chattanooga, TN. [4]
[1] https://www.trainspnrstatus.com/images/indianrailwaymap.jpg
[2] https://navrangindia.blogspot.com/2017/09/amazing-darjeeling...
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#19I 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.
The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas.
The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system.
Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering.
Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with the enumerator rather than the person being enumerated self identifying with a caste.
Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
British class systems and Indian caste system worked together very well.
The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas. The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system. Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering. Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with…
The English didn’t write the मनुस्मृति. Marriage rules are the most fundamental social hierarchy rules and those are ancient.