KOLKATA: People normally take sports cars out for a spin. Surachi Kumari and Anupriya Kumari decided to do the same with a 132-tonne electric locomotive on Wednesday, soon after it rolled out of the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW). This was the 400th locomotive built by CLW in 2019-20 and the two women were entrusted with driving it as part of International Women’s Week celebrations.
“While Surachi is a loco pilot for goods trains from Asansol, Anupriya is an assistant loco pilot. The two have a lot of experience in hauling goods trains. The 400th locomotive was a WAG-9HC one meant for goods trains. We wanted to dedicate the event to women and the locomotive was flagged off by them as well,” a CLW official said.
Eastern Railway (ER) will also be celebrating Women’s Day on Sunday evening by running a suburban train from Sealdah with an all-woman crew. The travelling ticket examiners will also be women and there will be a motorwoman and guard. This train to Ranaghat will be flagged off by S S Gehlot, additional general manager, ER.
This year — 2019-2020 — promises to be a landmark year for CLW when it plans to break the world record it created in 2018-19 by building 402 locomotives. The factory is now striving to build 403 locomotives by March 31.
“While Surachi is a loco pilot for goods trains from Asansol, Anupriya is an assistant loco pilot. The two have a lot of experience in hauling goods trains. The 400th locomotive was a WAG-9HC one meant for goods trains. We wanted to dedicate the event to women and the locomotive was flagged off by them as well,” a CLW official said.
Eastern Railway (ER) will also be celebrating Women’s Day on Sunday evening by running a suburban train from Sealdah with an all-woman crew. The travelling ticket examiners will also be women and there will be a motorwoman and guard. This train to Ranaghat will be flagged off by S S Gehlot, additional general manager, ER.
This year — 2019-2020 — promises to be a landmark year for CLW when it plans to break the world record it created in 2018-19 by building 402 locomotives. The factory is now striving to build 403 locomotives by March 31.
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