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Proposal for modification of Goldenrock workshop

Staff Reporter

Rs. 30 crores sought for modernisation works Rs. 30 crores sought for modernisation works

TIRUCHI: The Southern Railway authorities have sent a proposal to the Railway Board to carry out modification works in the Goldenrock Railway Workshop here so that it can handle new generation General Motors locomotives when they come for periodic overhaul in 2007 to the workshop.

The Chief Mechanical Engineer, Southern Railway, Jayantha Ghosh told newsmen here on Friday that the authorities had sought a sum of Rs. 30 crores to carry out suitable modification and modernisation works in the workshop to handle General Motors locos, which have higher horsepower, high speed and the capacity for higher hauling.

The workshop was gearing up to handle these new generation locos, which were expected to come for periodic overhaul to the workshop in 2006-7, he added.

The Southern Railway had received seven new diesel locomotives replacing the older ones this year, he said adding that the authorities had requested the Board to give 10 more locos in order to replace the over-aged fleet. Mr. Ghosh, who flagged off the second consignment of three in-service metre gauge locomotives to Sudan after important modifications were carried out at the workshop here, said the workshop would despatch 10 in-service metre gauge diesel locomotives and five locos to Mozambique and Senegal respectively after overhaul and modifications to suit their requirements.

This apart, the Goldenrock Workshop would also rehabilitate four Hitachi locomotives that had arrived from Sudan recently.

All these locomotives would be despatched in 18 to 20 months time. Mr. Ghosh said there was demand from other African countries like Nigeria, Congo and Tanzania for supply of locomotives.

The Goldenrock Workshop, the Carriage and Loco Workshops at Perambur in Chennai were working towards obtaining ISO 14,000 certification.

To a query, Mr. Ghosh said there had not been any damage to the rolling stock in the wake of the floods owing to heavy downpour recently.

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