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2.0 Pending References / Queries on policy issues related to Vendor Approval/Specifications/Tender Conditions/Inspections
SN. Name of the Vendor/
Firm / Zonal
Railway / PU
/ PSU /
Railway
Board
Issue involved Date of original
reference
received by
RDSO
(through
letter / web portal)
(1st
Reference)
Committed timeline
(Reasonable
time period)
for disposal
of the
reference / query/
suggestion
Communication exchanged between the
affected party & RDSO
(Dates of letters/emails)
Extended Timelines
Reasons for Delay Current Status
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
CARRIAGE
1 M/s Raneka
Industries
Ltd., Pithampur –
454774 (M.P.)
High Tensile
AAR H Type
Tightlock CBC with Balanced
Draft Gear to
RDSO Specn.
No.RDSO/2011
/CG-03 Rev.1
with Amendment
Slip No.1 of
November
2016.
09.05.17 NA i) RDSO vide letter
Ref.No.MC/BLB/CBC
dt.20.7.2016 requested the firm to submit
documents as per RDSO
spec. RDSO/2011/CG-03
Rev.1 with balanced draft
gear.
ii)Reply of firm vide ref. no.RIL/KJ/HTYPE/17-18
dt.09.05.2017.
iii) Firm’s letter no.
RIL/KJ/MK/17-18/
dt.13.7.2017 (received in RDSO on
06.09.17)submitting
drawings & QAP for
approval is under scrutiny
NA In the beginning the
firm vide letter
dt.06.5.2016 has applied for
registration against
RDSO spec. No.C-
K009 Rev.02 which
deals with CBC
without Balanced Draft Gear which is
obsolete now. At
present all the
couplers are being
procured to RDSO spec. RDSO/2011/
CG-03 Rev.1 with
balanced draft gear
only and that was
advised to the firm
and the firm took almost a year to
apply as per RDSO
Specn. No.RDSO/
2011/CG-03 Rev.1
with Amendment Slip No.1 of Nov.
2016.
Reply of firm vide ref.
no.RIL/KJ/HTYPE/17-18
dt.09.05.2017 and the drawings & QAP sent vide
letter no. RIL/KJ/MK/17-
18/ dt.13.7.2017 (received
on 06.09.2017) are under
scrutiny. Discrepancies if
any, found in drawings and QAP shall be advised to the
firm by 22.09.2017
2 M/s Atul
Engineering
High Tensile
AAR H Type
04.3.2017 NA RDSO vide letter
Ref.No.MC/BLB/CBC
NA Non receipt of
required information
The drawings and QAP
submitted by the firm are
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2
Udyog, Agra. Tightlock CBC
with Balanced
Draft Gear to
RDSO Specn. No.RDSO/2011
/CG-03 Rev.1
with
Amendment
Slip No.1 of
November 2016.
dt.7/8.6.2017 requested
the firm to submit
documents in support of
their eligibility. The reply is awaited.
regarding eligibility
to as per RDSO
Specn.
No.RDSO/2011/CG-03 Rev.1 with
Amendment Slip
No.1 of November
2016
under scrutiny.
Discrepancies if any, found
in drawings and QAP shall
be advised to the firm by 22.09.2017
3 M/s BESCO
Ltd.
Kolkata
High Tensile
AAR H Type
Tightlock CBC
with Balanced
Draft Gear to RDSO Specn.
No.RDSO/2011
/CG-03 Rev.1
with
Amendment
Slip No.1 of November
2016.
08.6.2017
28.6.2017
and
21.8.2017
NA i)RDSO vide letter
Ref.No.MC/BLB/CBC
dt.22.6.2017 &
25/26.7.2017 requested
the firm to submit documents as required as
per specification as well
as drawings & QAP and
other related documents
reg. fresh registration.
ii) Firm vide letter No.WG_17_ICF/Carriage
dt.21.8.2017 have
submitted one copy of QAP
and incomplete set of
drawings(A4 size) pertaining to the product.
iii)discrepancies observed
advised to the form on
19.09.17
NA Non receipt of
required information
as per RDSO Specn.
No.RDSO/2011/CG
-03 Rev.1 with Amendment Slip
No.1 of November
2016.
The drawings and QAP
submitted by the firm have
been scrutinized and the
Discrepancies found in
drawings and QAP advised to the firm on 19.09.2017.
4 M/s Bhilai
Engg. Corpn.
Ltd., Bhilai-490026
High Tensile
AAR H Type
Tightlock CBC with Balanced
Draft Gear to
RDSO Specn.
No.RDSO/2011
/CG-03 Rev.1 with
Amendment
Slip No.1 of
23.6.2017,
29.6.2017,
01.7.2017 and
10.8.2017
NA i) RDSO vide letter
Ref.No.MC/BLB/CBC
dt.22.6.2017 & 25/26.7.2017 requested
the firm to submit
documents as per
specification as well as
drawings & QAP and other related documents reg.
fresh registration.
ii)Firm’s reply vide letter
NA Non receipt of
required information
regarding as per RDSO Specn.
No.RDSO/2011/CG
-03 Rev.1 with
Amendment Slip
No.1 of November 2016.
Reply of firm vide ref. no.
AA/BEC/RDSO/HTCBC/20
17-18 dt.10.8.2017 is under scrutiny and the drawings
& QAP submitted by the
firm are under scrutiny.
Discrepancies if any, found
in drawings and QAP shall be advised to the firm by
20.09.2017.
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3
November
2016.
no.AA/BEC/RDSO/HTCB
C/2017-18 dt.10.8.2017.
5 M/s Jupiter
Alloys &
Steel(I) Ltd, Kolkata
High Tensile
AAR H Type
Tight lock CBC with Balanced
Draft Gear to
RDSO Specn.
No.RDSO/2011
/CG-03 Rev.1
with Amendment
Slip No.1 of
November
2016.
24.4.2017,18.
5.2017 &
24.5.2017
NA -- NA -- The drawings of the firm
have been approved.
Further, RDSO team visited for prototype inspection in
the last week of August
2017. During the visit, it
was observed that proper
mechanized test setup (with
pneumatic system) are not available with the firm.
Various functional tests
cannot be carried out and
verified. The firm will raise
fresh inspection call again after setting-up of proper
test set up.
6 SAIL/Durgap
ur Steel Plant,
Durgapur
Development of
solid forged
wheels for FIAT
IR bogie (LHB)
01.06.2017 N/A 30.06.2017
20.07.2017
25/27.07.2017
N/A N/A RDSO official visited
SAIL/DSP from 19.06.2017
to 20.06.2017 for review of
the progress on
development of LHB wheel. Five LHB wheel samples
from three heats were
selected for conducting test
as per RDSO specification
No. IRS R-19/93 Part-II Rev.4 with Corr.1 of August
2015. The results of the test
conducted on sample
wheels have been found
satisfactory. In addition, the
following activities are required to be carried out
by SAIL/DSP.
1)Machining of LHB wheel:
SAIL has planned to carry
out machining of all LHB cast wheel from M/s
Bonatrans / Aurangabad.
2) Balancing of LHB wheel:
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4
The balancing of LHB wheel
will be carried out by means
and method available at
M/s Bonatrans / Aurangabad.
3) The Non-destructive tests
as UT and MPT of good
wheels would be offered by
SAIL/DSP to RDSO for
witnessing NDT and inspection of LHB wheels.
4) Fatigue test: Fatigue test
will be carried out as per
S.No. 5 of Corr.1 of RDSO
Spec. IRS R-19/93 Part-II
(Rev.4). SAIL/DSP yet to submit the
status.
M&C
7 Railway
Board
(i)Trials of Anti
Graffiti clear
coating on
coach exterior
(ii)Preparation
of Specification
for Anti-Graffiti
coating (iii) Trials of
alternative
systems such
as nano-
painting
(i) Letter No.
89/M( C
)/137/22 Vol.
II dated 08-08-2008.
(ii) Letter No
2006/Elect(G
)/114/2 Pt
dated 22.04.2009.
(iii) Letter No
91/M©/137/
23 Pt.II dated
18.01.2010.
(iv)2007/M©/137/18 dated
13.07.2016.
Final report
with RDSO
Specn
no.M&C/PCN/127/2009
& Trial
scheme
submitted to
Rly Bd on 24.08.2015
Communication made to
Rly Bd and Jt Director/
Carriage vide letter no.
M&C/PCN/II/3/Anti Graffiti dated 12.08.2016
on ; Performance of Anti
Graffiti Coating on exterior
of coaches.
02 years No delay (i) Provision of Anti Graffiti
coating for 1000 coaches
made by Rly Bd vide letter
no. 2013/M(C)/142/4 dated 13.08.2014 to sustain
external aesthetics in
coaches under RSP 14-15
(ii) Provision of Anti Graffiti
coating for 500 coaches made by Rly Bd vide letter
no. 2016/M(C)/142/4
dated 28.04.2016 to
sustain external aesthetics
in coaches under RSP 16-
17 (iii)Performance of coated
Antigraffiti paint is under
monitoring.
8 2 Railway
Board
Field trials of
“Coating
Systems for Long Painting
free life 15
Director/Civil
Engg. (B&S)
Rly. Bd letter no. 2011/
CE-I/BR-
(i)Generic
specifications
for long life coating
systems
Periodical performance
report of three(03) bridges
painted submitted to B&S Dte vide this office
note no.M&C/PCN/II/Br-
Nil No delay (i)Completed joint field trial
of 03 out of 05 Bridges
painted (ii) Information of joint trial
from B&S Dte of remaining
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
5
years and
above for steel
Girder Bridges”
III/Long Life
paints dated
18.03.2014
framed
I/Vol-5 dated 19.07.2017
in ref. to Rly Bd letter
no.2011/CE-I/BRIII/Paint
long Life dated 04.07.2017
bridges is awaited.
9 3 Railway Board
Trials of alternative
systems such
as tie-coat
Director Mech. Engg.
(P)II/Rly Bd’s
letter no.
07.07.2014 &
2011/M(M&P
)/1063/5113.10.2014.
Disposed within time
Final draft specification of tie-coat issued to Rly. Bd
vide letter
no.M&C/PTCEL/Project/T
ie-Coat dated 29.08.2016
for extended trial order.
Nil No delay (i)Final draft specification has been framed & field
trial of the product has
been completed.
(ii)Recommendations of
Executive Director/Carriage
/ RDSO has been sent to Rly Bd vide their letter
no.MC/PNT dt.3/4.08.2017
for extended field trial.
10 4 Railway
Board
“Technology
Evaluation to
obviate Garnet blasting”
(Adhesion
Promoting
Primer /Direct
To Metal)
Director
Mech. Engg
(Coaching), Rly Bd letter
no.
2007/M©/13
7/18 dated
23.12.2013
Disposed
within time
Final report with
recommendations sent to
Rly Bd & ED/Carriage vide letter no. AED/M&C-
M/Cadre dated
27.11.2015
Nil No delay (i)Trial on Adhesion
promoting primer to obviate
garnet blasting completed and final report on
“Technology Evaluation to
obviate Garnet Blasting”
has been submitted & final
report sent to Director/ME/
Coaching Railway Bd New Delhi vide this office letter
No. AED/M&C-M/Cadre
dated 27.11.2015.
(ii)Joint recommendations
of M&C and Carriage Dte sought by Rly Bd vide their
letter no. 2007/M(C)/137/
18 dt. 14.03.2016. which is
pending with Carriage Dte.
11 5 Railway
Board
Trials of
alternative
systems such as water based
PU paint
Director
Mech. Engg.
(P)II/Rly Bd’s letter no.
2011/M(M&P
)/1063/5113.
10.2014
Trial with
ICF Specn
no.ICF/MD/ Spec-240
done for 90
conventional
coaches at
ICF/Chennai during 2012-
13
Communication received
by ED/M&C from
ICF/Chennai on 15.04.2016
01 year No delay (i)Functional requirement
specification for water
based PU paint has been framed.
(ii)The manufacturers were
advised to submit samples
of water based PU paint
for its conformity check as per requirement of
functional specification
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
6
12 6 Director/VDG
/Carriage
note
no.SV.FIAT Spring dated
19.01.17,
02.02.17 &
21.08.2017
Development
specification for
painting of LHB
Coil Spring of FIAT Bogie
(Alternate to
recommended
system of
IS:12744-89 &
IS:8662:2004)
Director.Mech
.Engg(Chg)Rly
Bd letter no.
89/M©/137/22 Vol.III
dated
21.11.2016
Pending IS Specn based r painting
of Helical coil spring has
been recommended to
Director/VDG/Carriage vide letter no.
M&C/PCN/I/64/Fiat
Bogie/Spring dated
23.01.2017
Nil Under process of
development of new
RDSO specification.
Technical comments &
suggestions have been
received from paint
manufacturers for development new
specification as per RDSO
Apex guideline.
13 7 M/s Asian Paints PPG
Pvt.Ltd,
Mumbai
Proposal for High
Performance
coating system
for coaches
(i)Director Mech.Engg.
(Chg.)/
Railway
Board’s Letter
No.89 /M(C)/ 137/ 22 vol
(III), New
Delhi Dated:
15.11.2016.
(ii)Director/St
ds./ Carriage Letter No. MC
/PNT Dated:
23.11.2016.
Disposed within time
Reply sent to Director/Std/Carriage
vide letter no.M&C/PCN/
Asian Paints Proposal
dated 15.02.2017.
Nil No delay Recommendations of ED/Carriage has been sent
to Railway Board vide his
note no. MC/PNT dated
13/17.04.2017.
14 Railway
Board
Development of
special coatings
and paint system for
application on
Exterior,
Interior surface
of coaches,
Axles & Wheels, Bogies & Under
frame for
improved
corrosion
resistance, fire resistance, life,
color, gloss
retention, heat
Rly Bd letter
no.2006/M©/
137/20.Vol.X dated
21.07.2017
Pending New proposal 01 year New proposal Under technical evaluation
of the following 16
proposals as per standard format.
i) M/s Kansai Nerolac
Paints, Mumbai
ii) M/s Berger Paints Pvt.
Ltd., Kolkata
iii) M/s Advance Paints Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
iv) M/s Ajay Industries,
Kanpur
v) M/s Stork HKB India
Pvt.Ltd, vi) M/s Shanti Electricals,
Jodhpur
vii) M/s Axon
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
7
& weight
reduction,
noise/vibration
reduction, Anti stain &self
cleaning
coating,
hydrophobic
coatings,
corrosion prevention of
railway tracks
etc
Miorosystems Pvt. Ltd.,
Jalandhar, Punjab
viii) M/s Cypruss Agency
Private Limited, Mumbai
ix) M/s Mangirish
Enterprises, Kolhapur
x) M/s Meta Chem Paints
and Adhesives Pvt. Ltd,
Nasik xi) VTT Technical Research
Centre of Finland Ltd
(Finnester Hybrid
Coating), Finland.
xii) Gangotri Hi-Tech
Coatings, Nagpur xiii) M/s GFX GROUND FX,
754, Mathura Road,
Bhogal, New Delhi
xiv) M/s Trimurti (India)
Ltd, Allahabad. xv) M/s Ricasil Industries,
Gujrat
xvi) M/s Mohan Paints,
Lucknow.
TELECOM
15 Railway
Board
IPIS
(RDSO/SPN/TC-61/2015,
Rev -4):
Provision of
warranty of 3
years followed
by 5 years AMC in the
specification
(Letter No.
2003/Tele/TC
M/1 pt.1, Dated:
22.08.2017).
24.8.2017 Pending NA NA NA At present Warranty/AMC,
conditions are not included in the Technical
specification. Same may be
included as a special
conditions in the Tenders
however it will be discussed
in forthcoming 39th Telecom Standards Committee
(TCSC) meeting & decision
shall be taken accordingly.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
8
16 M/s Infosoft
Digital &
Services Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi
IPIS
(RDSO/SPN/T
C-61/2015,
Rev -4): Viewing angle
of LED is
minimum 120°
as LED
available in
market while as per
specification it
is given 100°
±10° (Letter No.
Nil, Dated:
28.08.2017).
28.8.2017 Pending NA NA ---- Item is being reviewed &
specification will be
amended accordingly.
17 SCR Electronic LC
gate telephone
system
(RDSO/SPN/T
C-51/2011,
Rev -3): Call of ASM to
be
disconnected
by on-hook
condition instead of
“disconnect”
button. (Letter
No. SG.135/
V/8, Dated:
31.1.17)
17.2.2017 Pending NA NA NA Item is being reviewed and
specification may be
amended taking into
consideration other zonal
railway’s
feedback/comments.
WAGON
18 1 Railway
Board
Inspection of
27 Nos. of
BCNHL wagons
turned out
from JUDW workshop after
its Center Sill
2005/M(N)/2
04/1 Vol III
Dt:10.02.201
7
Feb 2017 MW/BCNHL
Dt: 15.02.2017
Reminder-
MW/BCNHL
Dt: 09.03.2017
December
2017
Status of wagon not
received from Zonal
Railways
Pending
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
9
Repair between
JUL’16 to
Dec’16
19 5 EDME,FR/
Rly Board
Increase speed
on turnouts
2016/M(N)/9
51/5 dt 15-09-16
MW/SPD/BG dt 16-9-16
CT/PTX/TO/Speed 26.09.16
December
2017
Criteria need to be
decided by Track dte
Pending
20 6 SE Rly Oscillation trial
of BOXNR
M6/2016/BO
XNR/11
dt 12-01-17
MW/SPD/BG/BOXNR
dt 9-3-17
M6/2016/BOXNR/144
dt10-8-17
MW/SPD/BG/BOXNR
dt 4-9-17
December
2017
New trial section
has been sought
from TM dte.
Pending
Bogie section
21 1 Railway board Board advised for service
trials of Side
bearers on
BOXNHL
wagon to RDSO drawing No.
WD-12008-
S/01
Board’s letter no.
2005/M(N)/9
51/43 Vol.I
dt.
06.07.2016
Not specified SECR has been advised for service trials earlier have
been further reminded
vide this office letter dated
16/02/2017
Six month - The service trials yet to be commenced.
22 1 Railway
Board
Revision/Updat
ing of G-95
Letter no.
2015/ M(N)/
951/32 dated
28.08.2016
One year - Six months For collection of
data from field
Expected to be completed
by May 2018
Issues Concerning Weigh bridge and Tippler section of Wagon Directorate
23 1 Weightrack
Pvt. Ltd.
(EIMWB)
Fresh registration
case of EIMWB
WIPL/RDS
O/17/5235
dated
07.02.2017
One year Deficiencies observed
communicated vide letter
no.
MW/CS/WB/Vendor/App
/Weigh track dated
10.04.2017 followed by reminder 16.05.2017,
28.07.2017 & 28.07.2017.
Based on the final by the
firm, STR and capability
assessment are proposed
to be conducted by team.
- NA Capability assesment under
process. Process is likely to
be completed by 31st Dec
17.
Wheel axle ,Bearing and WP section
24 1 Railway
Board
Revision/Updatin
g of G-81
Letter
no.2015/M(
One year - December-
2017
For collection of
data from field
Expected to be completed
by October,2017
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
N)/951/32
dated
28.08.2016
25 1 M/s BEML
Limited (Thippasandr
a)
Certification of G
105 (Initial Audit)
14.10.2016 Deficiencies observed
communicated vide letter dated 21.10.16, 27.01.17,
16.03.17
Non - conformities
has been informed on dated
27.01.2017 and
16.03.2017.
No response has been
received from the firm
26 1 M/s BEML
Limited
(Ooragaun)
Certification of G
105
(Initial Audit)
14.10.2016 Deficiencies observed
communicated vide letter
dated 21.10.16, 27.01.17,
22.03.17
Non- conformities
has been informed
on dated
27.01.2017 and 22.03.2017
No response has been
received from the firm
27 1 M/s Oriental
Foundry Pvt.
Ltd.
Certification of G
105
(Initial Audit)
24.08.2017 Letter of non- compliance
will be issued in October
2017
Proposal is under
examination
Under process
WD-I (Hopper)
28 1 I&L RDSO
Kolkata ,
railway board new dehli
Quality control
on door
mechanism
I&L/K/Tech
/Issue dt.
23.8.2016& 2015/ M(N)
/951/37 dt.
29.8.2016
6 months NIL December
2017
Drawing with open
tolerances.
Tolerances under finalization
Pending
29 2 Railway
Board
New Delhi
Modification of
air brake circuit
on BOBRN
wagons and its various issues
2003/M(N)/
204/8
Dated
03.02.2016
6 months Nil
October-
2017
Delay in feasibility
trial
Pending
30 2 Addl.
Member’s
Minutes of
meeting copy
SR has
introduced a
simple
modification to
prevent the missing of vapour
extractor cock
lid.
Note of
Addl.
Member
(Mech.
Engg.) visit at
Vadodara,
Porbander,
Hapa C&W
depot of
W.R. on 9/10.6.17
1 month Telephonic conversion with
Dy. CME/SR
December
2017
Details of
modification not
received from S. Rly
even after several
reminders over phone by DD/WD-I.
Pending
31 2 Rly. Bd. Procurement of
BTFLN rakes
2013/M(N)/
951/8
6 months Nil October-
2017
Under study Pending
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
11
under Wagon
Leasing Scheme
(to study the
revised PCC)
dated
23.6.17
32 2 Rly. Bd. Increase of speed and possibility to
increase axle load
to 22.9t in future
revision.
2012/M(N)/60/5 dated
4.7.16
2 year Nil NA Existing BCTS wagons volumetric
capacity does not
permit to load
beyond 20.32t axle
load. The issue is
still pending for increase of speed.
Pending
33 3 M/s Texmaco Speed certificate
for BTPGLN
(variant-B)
SE/OPM/S
W-
773/2017
dated
8.8.17
2 months Nil November-
2017
Converting BTPN
and BTPGLN drg in
auto CAD format for
merging BMBS
Diagram drg with conventional
Diagram drg.
Pending
34 3 M/s. BHEL,
Haridwar
For refund of
speed certificate
charges.
Letter no.
CDX/ODC/
IB Valley
2016-
17/658 dated
28.11.2016.
3 months Send to Board on
05.05.2017 from Board
2015/M(N)/951/59 dated
21.06.2017.
October
2017
Under process for
refund
Pending
.
35 3 Railway
Board
Increasing speed
of freight Stock
on IR
2009/CED
O/SR/48
Dated
23.06.2015
2 years Speed Certificate of BRN
20.32t for Oscillation Trial
issued on 28.04.16
CRS accorded sanctioned
on 20.04.17 vide SCR
letter no
W.469/BRN/20.32t dated.
27.04.17
March
2018
Non-conformity of
Track parameters of
the nominated
section. Awaiting TRC of
nominated section
Pending
Test Scheme sent to Testing
Dte. Vide letter MW/BRN dated. 08.06.2017
36 3 SECR Action plan for
Unusual incident with EUR rake
Mech/HQ/0
05/001/BRN-Mod.
Rake/701
dt. 14.2.17
8 months --- December-
2017
On-site examination
of such incidence
Pending
37 4 Railway
Board
Proposal for
procurement of
2014/TC(F
M)/4/9
2 months NIL NIL Firm( ) has yet not
approached RDSO
Pending
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
12
wagons for
DFCCIL
construction
work
dt.30.01.20
17
for one-time
movement speed
certificate
38 4 Eastern Railway
Repair procedure of Centre Sill
Crack for BRN
MD/6/W/ modification
dt.25.5.17
6 months NIL NIL December-2017 Pending
39 4 RB Cover for coil
carrier wagons
BFNS & BFNSM
2014/M(N)/
204/2
dt.29.07.16
3 years RB ltr no.
2014/M(N)/204/2
dt.09.03.17
RB ltr no.
2014/M(N)/204/2 dt.08.05.17
July-2019 NIL Pending
Concept drawing finalized.
Detailed drawing under
preparation
40 5 CONCOR Development of
Spigot casting for
container flat
wagons of IR
CON/T/N.
Develop-
ment-
Wagon/806
/3433 dt. 17.04.2013
2 Years Replied vide letter no
MW.CONTR.Spigot Dated
23.08.2017
2 years 5
months
I)RDSO acceptance
to undertake the
said proposal
ii)Drawings of spigot
sent to CONCOR iii)Test scheme for
trial of Spigot sent
to CONCOR
iv) Concor had been
repeatedlyadvised to
expedite procurement of
spigot.
v) Interested firms
has been advised to
approach CONCOR for procurement of
spigots
Pending
If CONCOR does not
procure said items in next
one year then the proposal
will be dropped.
41 6 Railway
Board
Running of
double stack
dwarf container
train under wire
2016/M(N)/
60/7 dt.
15.03.2016
,
25.04.2016
6 Months Proposal examined and
result are sent back vide
letter date 29.06.2016
Railway Board letters:
2016/M(N)/60/7 dt. 05.07.2016.
2016/M(N)/60/7 dt. 08.09.2016.
2013/M(N)/60/7 dt. 24.05.2017.
2016/M(N)/60/7 dt.
6 months Condonation
awaited.
Pending
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
13
13.06.2017, 14.06.2017
& 03.07.2017
RDSO
Examined and status of subject matter sent vide dt
24.08.2015 ,
20.09.2016, 12.06.2017
42 6 Railway
Board
Retro fitment of
Twin Pipe
brake system
in freight stock
Letter no.
2010/M(N)/6
0/1 Part II
dated 14.07.16 &
2017/M(N)/6
0/3 dated
25.08.17
Nil Nil - 35 Wagons with
conventional brake
system & 18 wagons
with BMBS have been converted to
twin pipe system.
Rest is in process
43 7 East central
Railway
Frequent
failure of knuckle & CBC
MC/AME(Frt.)
/CORR./MGS/17 dated
26.07.17
30 Sep.-17 - - - Pending
TRACTION INSTALLATION
44 M/s Aditya Birla
Insulators,
Halol
(Gujarat)
Revalidation of 25 kV Silicone
Composite
Insulators as
per revised
specification
No. TI/SPC/OHE/I
NSCOM/1071,
Rev-01.
Nil dated 28.01.2017
RDSO: 02.01.2017,
09.01.2017
Firm: 28.01.2017,
10.03.2017,
17.04.2017
-- -- As per advice of RDSO’s letter No.
TI/SPC/OHE/INSCOM/GE
N/16 dated 02.01.2017 &
09.01.2017, M/s ABI has
submitted the revised QAP
& drawings to RDSO vide letter No. nil dated
28.01.2017. Further firm
has submitted compliance
of revised STR
No.TI/STR/006, Rev-04 and specification No.
TI/SPC/OHE/INSCOM/107
1, Rev-01 vide letter No. nil
dated 10.03.2017 and
17.04.2017 respectively.
The document submitted by the firm is scrutinized and
under approval for carry out
revalidation test at firm
premises.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
14
45 M/s Asiatic
Electrical &
Switchgear
Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
Revalidation of
25 kV Silicone
Composite
Insulators as per revised
specification
No.
TI/SPC/OHE/I
NSCOM/1071,
Rev-01.
AESPL/GMR/
2017-18
dated
14.05.2017
RDSO:
02.01.2017,
09.01.2017
Firm: 14.05.2017,
22.08.2017
-- -- As per advice of RDSO’s
letter No.
TI/SPC/OHE/INSCOM/GE
N/16 dated 02.01.2017 & 09.01.2017, M/s AESPL
has submitted compliance
of STR vide letter No.
AESPL/GMR/2017-18
dated 14.05.2017. Further,
revised QAP & drawings and compliance of revised
specification No.
TI/SPC/OHE/INSCOM/107
1, Rev-01, have been
submitted by the firm vide
letter No. AESPL/GMR/2017-18
dated 22.08.2017.
Documents are under
scrutiny.
46 MRVC Review of
Specification no.
TI/SPC/PSI/30
TRN/1050 and
Fault level.
Letter no.
MRVC/EL/TRD/Policy/138
dated
17.03.2017
RDSO vide letter dated
18.05.2017 & 11.09.2017 has asked from Central
and Western Railway for
the necessity of Automatic
Voltage Regulator and
NIFPES System in the Traction Power Transfor-
mer as per Specification
no. TI/SPC/ PSI/30TRN/
1050. Fault level also
asked from Zones vide
letter dated 18.05.17
Reply of RDSO
letter is awaited.
47 Central Railway
Revision of Specification
no.
TI/SPC/PSI/30
TRN/1050
Letter no. L.689.AC.PSI.
5 dated
21.07.2017
Draft of A&C slip to the specification has been
prepared and sent for
uploading for 30 days.
Suggestions/comments awaited.
48 North Central
Railway
Testing of
150MVA, Three Phase Auto
Transformer.
Letter No.
Elect/C/ALD/S-1547/83 dt.
30.03.2017
The type testing has been
carried out at the works of M/s BHEL & CPRI.
Final Inspection
schedule after short circuit test is
awaited.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
15
49 BEML Specification
for Squeeze test
to be approved
1.9.17 Note to Carriage Dte, dated
5.09.17
Note to testing Dte, dated
5.09.17
Awaiting reply from
Testing
50 RE Chennai &
RE Ambala
Intermediate failure of
communication
due to failure
of LSD card in
SCADA system
commissioned as per RDSO
specification
no.
TI/SPC/RCC/S
CADA/0130 (Rev.1)
i) Dy. CSTE/RE/MS
letter no.
4624/TELE/I
NDOOR/SRR-
PNMB/Vol-II
dated 24.03.17
ii) Dy.
CSTE/RE/UM
B letter no.
RE/UMB/S&T/Tele/Outdoo
r/Gr.159
dated
28.03.17
Pending Since : 28.03.17
TI Telecom
RE letters; i) 24.03.17
ii) 28.03.17
RDSO letter
i) TI/RCC/SCADA/
SPC/TCPIP dated 12.06.2017
ii) TI/RCC/SCADA/
SPC/TCPIP dated
27.07.2017
iii)TI/RCC/SCADA/ SPC/TCPIP dated
05.09.2017
Rly Board Letter
(i)93/Elect(G)/220/
3 Pt.-II dt. 29.06.2017
93/RE/220/3 Pt.II
dt. 23.08.2017No
delay from RDSO.
i) The issue has been studied by RDSO and a scheme has
been prepared for mitigation
of the problem and sent to
Railway Board vide RDSO
letter No. TI/RCC/SCADA/
SPC/TCPIP dt. 12.06.2017. ii) Railway Board vide letter
dated 23.08.2017 advised
to RDSO for getting a
feedback from the Railways
on different kind of problems faced by them
with SCADA system
commissioned as per RDSO
specification No.
TI/SPC/RCC/SCADA/0130
(Rev.1). iii) Accordingly, RDSO has sent
a letter to Zonal Railways
on 5.9.2017 for submission
of performance feedback of
SCADA system of revision 1 specification.
51 SECR Arrangement of
retractable
OHE under silo
loading for coal
under PKCL
siding.
SRCPL Letter
no.
SRCPL/SECR
/OHE/2017/
2017 dated
07.09.2017 Pending Since
: 07.09.2017
- Under Examination.
52 Central
Railway
Revision of
Specification
no.
TI/SPC/PSI/30TRN/1050
Letter no.
L.689.AC.PSI.
5 dated
21.07.2017 Pending Since
: 21.07.17
Draft of A&C slip to
the specification
has been prepared
and sent for uploading for 30
days.
.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
16
53 West Central
Railway
Drawings of
switching
stations for
three line section.
WCR letter
dated
28.11.2016
Pending Since : 28.11.16
RDSO vide letter
dated 25.01.2017
has circulated the
Draft drawing for 3rd Line to Zonal
Railways.
Suggestions/
Comment awaited
from Zonal
Railways.
54 North Central Railway
Testing of 150MVA, Three
Phase Auto
Transformer.
Letter No. Elect/C/ALD/
S-1547/83
dated
30.03.2017
Pending Since : 30.03.17
The type testing has been carried out at
the works of M/s
BHEL & CPRI.
Yet to be offered for final inspection.
Final Inspection schedule after short circuit test is
awaited.
55 South East
Central
Railway
Testing of AAA
Catenary Wire.
Letter No.
SECR/Elect./
TRD/204/RD
SO/2073
Pending Since
: 08.06.2017
Note to M & C Dte,
dated 16.06.2017 is
yet to be replied
alongwith test
results
Report awaited from M & C
56
South Eastern
Railway
Testing of 14 nos. 65 sq.mm
Cd- Copper
sample to
ascertain the
life of Catenary wire.
CKP/D/110/3
511
Pending Since
: 19.06.2017
Note to M & C Dte, dated 23.06.2017
Report from M & C received on 07.09.2017. Under
analysis & reply to SER..
57 East Central
Railway
Testing of 65
sq.mm Cad-Cu
Catenary Wire.
KA/VI/TAK/0
1/RDSO/17-
18/3
Pending Since
: 17.07.2017
Note to M & C Dte,
dated 21.07.2017 is
yet to be replied
alongwith test
results.
Report awaited from M & C
58
South East Central
Railway
Testing of AAA Catenary Wire.
SECR/Elect./TRD/204/326
3
Pending Since
: 06.09.2017
Note to M & C Dte, dated 12.09.2017
is yet to be replied
alongwith test
results.
Report awaited from M & C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
17
SIGNAL
59 SECR Inspection of
Non-Dissipative
110V DC 4W
Main LED Signal
19.12.16 by
Sr.
DMM/SECR
6 months 21.01.17, 27.04.17,
24.07.17, 07.08.17,
14.08.17
31.03.18 At present
Specification and
test format not
available.
Case is under scrutiny if
inspection can be done as
specification and test
format is not available.
60 SECR Test for Low
Wattage 110
VDC Lit LED
Main Signal
12.01.17 by
CSE/SECR
6 months --- 31.03.18
61 NFR Modification/
Alteration of
Clauses of RDSO
Specification
for Track Feed
Battery
Charger.
21.10.16
by CSE/NFR
6 months 16.11.16
10.8.17
31.05.17
-- replied Already replied vide this
office letter No.
STS/E/TFTR Vol. XII dtd31.05.17.vide his earlier
letter.
62 NR Modified switch extension
bracket.
No. 569- 22.12.16 by
CSTE/
Planning/NR
6 months 30.09.17 Got delayed on RDSO end, it is
being expedited.
Field visit planned on 21/9/17, issue under
finalization.
63 NR Performance
feedback of
modified lock
slide.
27.1.17 by
CSE/NR
6 months 30.11.17 Case delayed for
want of slide
testing.
Under trail at Faridabad
and Ballabhgarh station of
DLI division.
64 SR Re-design of the enclosure
of Electric
Point Machine
14.02.17 by Dy.CSTE/SD
&T/WS/PTJ
Workshop asked to submit sample letter dt 15.9.17
30.10.17 No delay Sample asked for evaluation.
65 NWR, NER,
NFR, NCR
Breakage of
boom of ELB
NWR -
SG/141/1/Vo
l. IV dt. 03.06.15,
NER -
N/229/0/RD
SO/1665 dt.
09.10.15,
NFR - N/237/0/1(A
P)/Misc. dt.
25.07.16,
N.A.
25.08.15,
17.06.16,
29.08.16,
30.09.17 Nil
i) Discussed in 84th
SSC & committee
recommended for new drawing with austenitic
stainless steel for material
of boom to be issued.
ii) Proposed drawing
issued on 17.06.16 in
association with S&T W/S, MFT.
iii) Proposed modified
drawings issued to all
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
18
NCR –
NCR/S&T/10
57/SIG/Level
Crossing Gate/Part-3
dt. 03.11.16.
CWMs in association with
S&T W/S, MFT on
07.03.17.
iv) Final new drawing is under preparation to
issue. Target 30.09.17.
66 Northern
Railway
Working of
Token Block
Instrument on
OFC
Received
through email
on dt
28.07.17
30 Days Mail to Manufacturer
07.08.17 & Partial
information recd. 21.08.17
Full information recd.
28.08.17
15 Days Delay in getting
information.
Reply to NR processed dt
07.09.17.
TESTING
67 Ajay Nandan, Exec.
Directior
Mech. Engg
(Fr) RB
Work for augmentation
of rolling stock
design evalua-
tion and testing
capability at RDSO.
No. 2016/M(N)/20
4/3 dated
31.08.17
Proposal for procurement of instrumented measuring
wheel and other require-
ments mentioned in the
Railway Boards reference
has been prepared and uploaded on IRPSM on
15.09.17.
68 Dimpi Garg,
ED Mech.
Railway
Board
Introduction
light weight
aluminum
tilting type
coaches for use in Indian
Railways.
97/M©/137/1
Vol.VII Part.3
dated
11.08.17.
The issues pertain to
Carriage Directorate.
69 S Srinivas
CDE/Mech/
ICF
Oscillation
trials of 160KN
air springs
MD/D/ASPR/5
4 dated
26.07.17
Rolling stock is yet to be
offered for trial. CRS
sanction is also awaited. On
receipt of above, trial will be conducted on priority.
70 Dr. Mahendra
Kumar,
Dir/Elect.
Engg.(G)
Railway Bd.
Trial of AC
Coach fitted
with 30kw
permanent
magnet
alternator.
No.
2006/Elect(G)/
165/1 Part.1
dated 19.07.17
The reference received
through Director PE &
Battery RDSO pertains to
procedure for trial of LHB
AC II coaches with 30 kw
permanent magnet alternator. The issues was
clarified to ED PS&EMU on
26.07.17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
19
71 R.N.Mishra,
Additional
Member (PU),
RB
AMOC of TBMS
at Bakkas
No.
2010/Dev.Cell/
IGRI/2 dated
07.07.17
The system of TBMS at
Bakkas is already covered
under AMC till December
2017. Initiative for subsequent AMOC has
already been taken and
proposal shall be put up to
Finance Directorate for
concurrence immediately on
receipt of budgetary quote from OEM which is
expected shortly.
72 Ravindra
Gupta
MRS/RB
Oscillation
trials of rolling
stock
D.O No.
2016/M(N)/95
1/6 Pt dated
21.06.17
The sections were identified
as desired by Railway Board
for Oscillation trials. The
details of 5 sections were furnished to railway board
along with requirement vide
DG Letter No. DG/Misc.
dated 7.08.17
73 Ravindra
Gupta
MRS/RB
Issues relating
to CC+8+2t &
25t axle load wagons.
No
20/M(N)/951/
62 Pt dated 31.03.17
ED/Wagon was nominated
as member of the Standing
Criteria Committee as desired by Railway Board.
74 Amit Saran
Dir E&R
/ME/RB
Research Plan
for Indian
Railways Vision
2035
No
2017/E&R/7(1
3)/3 dated
8.03.17
Inputs requested have been
furnished to Research Dte
vide Testing Dte note no.
RM2/Res & Perf/1 dated
26.04.17
75 Advisor/ Mobility/RB
Review of provisions of
Railway Board
Policy Circular
6 with a view to
rationalize the
provision of the circular
No. 2016/Mobility/
ME/P-6/10
dated 20.01.17
The details were furnished to Railway Board and many
round of discussions also
completed at Railway
Board.
76 Dy CME/CR Conducting
coupler force
trials,
controllability
and EBD trials
No.
T601.L.9SE/N
E ghat dated
02.09.2016
Zonal Railway sought
clarification from Motive
Power Dte regarding validity
of Speed Certificate for trial.
This issue is being dealt by
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
20
on NE & SE
ghats in
Mumbai
Division
MP Dte. Trial will be
conducted on priority , once
CRS sanction is received.
77 A.Dutta CME/NFR
Loco arrangement
for passenger
trains of more
than 14 Air
braked ICF
coaches on LMG-SCL Hill
section fresh
coupler force
trials
No. Mech./R&L/G
C//134/Pt-III
dated 10.02.16
Issue pertains to Carriage Dte. Coupler Force trial had
been conducted and report
MT-1423-F issued.
Intimation to Carriage Dte
sent vide note no.
RM1/B/120 dated 01.03.2016.
78 Vashishtha
Johri GM/SR
Controllability
and Emergency Braking
Distance trials
No.
TP.42/3/DSL/Passr. Trials
dated 5.02.16
Speed Certificate for both
Freight and passenger trains have been issued vide
letter no. SD.Pol.12.8.7
dated 11.08.16 & 17.02.16
for freight and passenger
stock respectively. CRS
sanction is awaited for trials.
79 Dir/E&R/ME
/ RB
RDSO’s new
work of
Procurement of
measuring wheel
calibration test
rig.
No.2015/E&R/
(6)/1 dated
24.11.15
Details submitted to
Railway Board for
procurement of measuring
wheel calibration test rig. The same has been
sanctioned by Railway
Board under works
Programme 2017-18 and
procurement process has
been initiated.
80 Prabhat Sahai CMD/
MRVC Ltd.
Oscillation trials of
Modified bogie
assemblies
supplied by
M/s Siemens Austria
No MRVC/EL/ EMU/Procur.of
Bogies/OT/Vol
6 dated
17.07.15
Matter is regarding extension of delivery
schedule and pertains to
PS&EMU Directorate. It is
confirmed by
Director/MRVC that the contract has since been
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
21
terminated and trials are no
longer required.
81 Arvind Khare,
Additional
Member (PU), RB
Methodology of
Oscillation
trials.
No.
2007.Dev.Cell/
IGRI/1 Vol. IV dated
11.12.2014.
As desired by Railway
Board, the Standing Criteria
Committee has deliberated the matter of switching over
to UIC 518 several times in
depth and various issues
were noticed.
Finally, in the meeting held
in August 2017 it has been decided that an EOI should
be floated for engaging a
consultant to guide and
assist in implementation of
UIC code in addition to the similar activity being
undertaken under TMIR.
Accordingly an EOI for
switching over to UIC 518
has been published and
responses from interested parties are expected by 5th
October, 2017.
Motive Power
82 1 WR Dia deference
in HHP
locomotive
M 233/ 172/
6/HHP (WTA)
Pending Since : 21.07.2016
IB no.
IB/LD.01.07
.17 Dated 31.07.17
has been
prepared
and under
comment
with different
stake
holders.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
22
83 2 SCR Inability of
detection of
wheel slipping
when all wheels in a
bogie slip on
conventional
diesel loco
M.92/Dsl/Micr
oprocessor/17
2 dt.29-05-
2017 Pending Since:
02.06.2017
It is a
complicated
issue.
Subject is under joint
study along
with OEMs.
84 3 RB Wheel gauge
widening report
EDME traction
Inspection note
of DLS KJM dated
24.06.2017
Pending Since:
24.06.2017
Report on
wheel gauge
widening under
preparation
85 4 NR / UMB
division
Suggestion to
prevent decoupling of
shackle of
A.B.C. coupler
of ZDM-3
locomotive
based at Kalka shed.
50-
S/Material/Store/ UMB
/Misc/09
Pending Since:
19.07.2017
To study the
root cause of problem, a
team of
RDSO
visited Kalka
Shed/NR on
05.09.2017. The design
review of
shackle is
under
progress.
86 5 Railway
Board
Trials for online
monitoring of
SFC
2015/Fuel/289
/3dt. 10-07-
2017
Pending Since:
19.07.2017
Concerned
Railway,
SCR and
SWR
advised to
furnish the performance
feedback.
87 6 NR Reg. Hydraulic
oil
No. 516-
M/DMU/Mater
ial/Policy/ML-
3 dt 30-08-2017
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
23
Pending Since:
28.07.2017
88 7 SR Rationalisation
of wheel slip
algorithm in version-2
Microprocessor
based control
system fitted in
Alco
locomotives
M/Dsl/92/V/
MBCS/Medhad
t.28-07-2017 Pending Since:
01.08.2017
The subject
is under
joint study along with
OEMs.
89 Parel Workshop
NG Railcar for KLK-SML to be
manufactured
by Parel
Workshop.
Railcar/Mfg/11/KLK-SML
Pending Since:
10.08.2017
The comments
on RDSO’s
specification
have been
received from Parel
W/s. The
preparation
of detailed
design
drawings & resolving
design
issues
under
progress at RDSO.
90 RB
Meeting at
Railway Board
regarding
manufacturing
MLR & POH of
140T Breakdown
cranes
(2011/M(M&P)
/175/3/A/T
04/08/17
Pending Since:
11.08.2017
The
maintenance
schedule for
both
Gottwald and
Cowans Sheldon
cranes are
under
preparation
duly taking inputs from
OEMs of
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
24
major sub-
assemblies.
91 NR Reg. DEMU
Coolant
No.
25.6.DSL.SSB.
ACMT Dt. 14-08-2017
Pending Since:
14.08.2017
92 CCRS
Lucknow
Final speed
certificate for
operation of BG
LHB SLR coach fitted with
under slung
DG set.
Q.17012/03/2
016-17- rñfoñ
dated-
24.07.2017 Pending Since:
16.08.2017
Item
pertains to
Carriage
and PS & EMU Dte.
Comments
received
from PS &
EMU Dte.On receipt from
carriage dte
final reply
would be
sent to
Dy.CRS.
93 E.Co. Rly Haulage of Diesel MU as
ANR by
Mail/Express/
Passenger train
M7/11/Loco link/ANR/3135
Pending Since:
18.08.2017
Feasibility study Under
process
94 RB
Development of 2 coach or 3
coach consist
2016/M(L)/101/2BG(A)
10/08/17
Pending Since:
22.08.2017
Draft spec. is under
preparation
for DEMU.
95 NR Reg. DEMU
Coolant
No. 516
M/DMU/Mater
ial/Policy/ML-3 dt
28.07.2017
Pending Since:
30.08.2017
A meeting
was held at
RDSO on 13.09.2017
with OEM of
the engine.
The matter
was referred
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
25
to OEM.
OEM has
agreed to
share the details of
hydraulic oil
& coolant by
24.09.2017.
On receipt of
details from OEM, one IB
shall be
issued to
ZRs to
resolve the
issue.
96 RB Failure of ML
series Cyl Head
of HHP loco
No.
2016/M(L)/466
/3 dt. 31-08-
2017
Pending Since:
04.09.2017
Director/SB
C has been
advised to
visit UBL
shed to
study the extent of
problem.
After receive
of report
from Director/SB
C, joint
action plan
by DLW &
RDSO shall
be decided.
97 1 Central Railway
CRS sanction for operation of
passenger train
in IGP–KSRA
ghat section of
Mumbai Division
T.601.L.9.24 Coach
dated
06.09.17.
Pending Since:
06.09.2017
Reply would be sent after
examining
the result of
Brake
holding test in RDSO
Testing Lab.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
26
98 Railway
Board
Strategic
transformation
Initiative On
Condition Monitoring for
Motive Power
2017/M(L)/466
/3dt.23-08-
2017
Pending Since: 11.09.2017
RDSO
issued
specification
to DLW & DMW for
fitment of
onboard
condition
monitoring
system in 10 locos each.
DLW &
DMW being
pursued to
provide the
timeline. On receipt of
inputs from
DLW &
DMW Rly Bd
would be apprised.
Track Design
99 CR Problem of
fixing switch
clamps within
9” from the toe
of tongue rail at machine
operated
points.
TR/Policy/136
Pending
Since :
08.05.2015
Track Design Signal Directorate
vide Note No.
CT/PTX dated
25/27.01.2016has
been advised to furnish technical
comments and
suggest measures
to address the
problem being
experienced in field. Comments are still
awaited.
100 NR Alterations in
drawings for
60 kg, 1:12
Thick web switch.
151-
S/TWS/TP/16-
17 (L)
Pending Since :
07/14.12.2016
Track Design The issue has been
referred to Signal
Directorate vide
note no. CT/PTX/ TWS/Design dated
16.02.2017for their
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examination,
vetting or technical
comments, which
are still awaited.
101 WCR Problem of track circuiting
being faced in
Kota Division
while laying
Diamond
crossing in Shamgarh
Yard.
WCR/W-3/TP/Misc.
Pending
Since :
21.02.2017
Track Design The issue has been referred to Signal
Directorate vide
Note No. CT/PDS
dated 06.03.2017
for their
examination and technical
comments, which
are still awaited.
102 NR &
ECoR,
Laying of thick
web switches
on curved track
151-
S/TWS/TP/16-
17 & W-7/661/Pt.IV/
6021
Pending
Since :
28.10.2016 &
25.07.2017
Track Design In order to assess
the suitability of
laying of thick web switches on curved
track, all zonal
railways have been
asked vide letter
dated 26.10.2016
&09.01.2017 & 02.08.2017 to send
the performance of
thick web switches
laid on curved as
well as straight track on their
railway.
103 NR Development of
Composite
GRSP for
Points &
Crossing
There has been
suggestion
from the field
to develop
composite GRSP for P&C
portion also.
Development of
CGRSP for
Points & Crossing has
been taken up
Track Design At present, 6 mm
thick GRSP is
provided in P&C
portion whereas 6.2
mm thick Composite GRSP
(CGRSP) is being
used in normal i.e.
tangent track. As
the structure of Points & Crossing is
different from main
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accordingly.
(Target
31.12.2017)
(NR ref: 211-S/Tender
Policy/TS/Pt.X
dated
12.07.2016
Pending
Since : 12.07.2016
line, the behavior of
composite GRSP is
to be assessed on
Points & Crossing portion. It is
therefore desirable
that initially
drawings shall be
issued for field trial
in all the Zonal Railways for 50-100
sets before its full-
fledged adoption in
P&C portion on IR.
104 ER
Suggestions for
change in sleeper specif-
ication, IRS T-
39 regarding
concrete cubes
testing during
sleeper production
letter no.
W.582/18 / Correspondenc
e / RDSO
dated:25.07.20
17
Pending
Since : 04.08.17
Track Design The case is not
delay but in process as per RDSO ISO
procedure of
change in
specification after
carefully going the
suggestions of ER. As per ER
suggestions, draft
corrigendum to IRS
T-39 & IRS T-45
uploaded on RDSO website on
24.08.2017 & sent
to all Zonal
Railways & sleeper
manufactures for
sending their comments/suggesti
on upto 24.09.2017
as per ISO
procedure of RDSO.
105 NER Permission to
use coarse & fine aggregate
supplied by
M/s Shanti
letter no.
W/362/Mix Design/PSC/p
art-I/W-4C
Dated
Track Design Provisional approval
for change for source of coarse &
fine aggregates and
revised mix design
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Crushing Unit,
Jhansi to M/s
PRIL, Burhwal
for M55 concrete for
PSC sleepers
:02.08.2017
Pending
Since :
09.08.17
has been given by
letter no.
CT/SRC/INSP/ACP
L dated: 22.08.2017.
Case is in process
for final approval of
mix design after
physical verification
of the same with cube casting testing
at concrete sleeper
plant. Cube testing
has been done for
steam cubes on
08.09.2017 and planned for water
cubes on
22.09.2017.
106 NER
Approval of
revised M-60
mix design with crushed
stone sand &
Ambuja
Cement to M/s
PRIL Burhwal
Letter no.
W/362/Mix
Design/part-II/W-4C Dated
:31.08.2017
Pending
Since :
04.09.17
Track Design Provisional approval
for M-60 mix design
with crushed stone sand has been
given by letter no.
CT/SRC/INSP/ACP
L dated:
11.09.2017. Verification of mix
design at the plant
is under process.
Case is in process
for final approval of
mix design after physical verification
of the same with
cube casting testing
at concrete sleeper
plant. Cube testing
has been done for steam cubes on
14.09.2017 and
planned for water
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cubes on
28.09.2017.
107 1 (i) Western
Railway
(ii) Northern Railway
WR & NR has
requested
RDSO to advise
standard
Performa for
submitting the
performance
report of concrete
panels.
(i) Western
Railway letter
No. W 350/24 (Trial items)
dated
22.06.2017
Pending Since:
22.06.2017
(ii) Northern
Railway letter
No. 836-
W/460/TM
dated 19/21.06.2017
Pending Since:
21.06.2017
Track Design Directorate Trial scheme with
standard Performa
is being finalized for submitting the
performance report.
108 2 North Central
Railway
(i) Query
related to Para
2.4(i) of CT-35.
“Rails from EUR are
unloaded on
both side of
track and it is
not possible to unload panels
only on
shoulder side.
Panels are to
be unloaded on
top of shoulder ballast and not
on the cess.”
(ii) Query
related to Para
3.2 of CT-35. To examine
effect of small
size defect (to
North Central
Railway letter
no.219-W/Rail
Failure/NCR/ TP/Pt VI(a)
dated
15.11.2016
Pending Since:
28.12.2016
Track Design Directorate (i) (ii) Zonal
Railways have been
advised to refer
Para 2.3.2 instead of Para 2.4 (i) of CT-
35.
(iii) The issue is
being taken up with M&C Dte for
consultation.
(iv)
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the order of
0.25mm) being
reason of Rail
breakage, and also to lay
down
mechanism/te
chnology to
measure such
small defects in field.
109 Western
Railway
Western Rly.
has requested
to examine the
issue of AFTC
already laid in existing track
and give
comments on
provisions of
MSDAC are to
be laid.
Western
Railway’s letter
No. W.632/0
Policy Corres.
Vol. III dated 13.07.2017
Pending Since:
13.07.2017
Track Design Directorate Subject matter is
being scrutinized in
association with
other Directorates
of RDSO. The reply will be submitted to
Western Railway
shortly.
110 East Coast Railway
ECoR has submitted the
report of trial
LWR laid on
sharp curve of
8 degree and steep gradient
of 1:60 seeking
the
instructions for
continuation of
LWR on sharp curves and
steep gradients
on KK line of
ECoR.
ECoR letter no. W.1/163/Pt-
III/KK/4327
dated
23.05.2017
Pending Since:
23.05.2017
Track Design Directorate After detailed study and various
deliberations in the
meetings of Track
Standard
Committee a report for “Continuation of
LWR/CWR on
sharp curves and
steep gradients on
Indian Railways”
has been finalized and submitted to
Railway Board on
23.12.2015 for
consideration and
approval. After receipt of
approval from
Railway Board,
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Instructions will be
circulated to ECoR
and all other Zonal
Railways for regular adoption.
111 DFCCIL SSOD of
DFCCIL-
Amendment in
reference to
ACS of IRSOD
GM (ELEC.)
Technical
Services letter
no. HQ/EL/
SOD / Pt.III dt.
19.07.2017 Pending Since:
29.07.2017
Track Design Directorate No delay. Draft
Addendum &
Corrigendum Slip
(ACS) has been
prepared by Track
Dte of RDSO.
112 Central
Railway
Maintenance
standards for
NG
(610mm)/(2’0”).narrow gauge
section Neral-
Matheran
Central
Railway’s letter
no.
T/102/PWT/NRL-MAE(NG)
dated
03.07.2017
Pending Since:
17.07.2017
Track Design Directorate No delay. No
standards exist as
of now. 3 Zonal
Railways operating narrow gauge
namely NR, NFR &
SR have been asked
to advise track
maintenance
standards on their NG system so as to
put up a
consolidated
document for
deliberation in Track Standard
Committee meeting.
113 Railway Board
/Northern
Railway
DFWR weld in
AT welding.
Railway Board
Letter no
2012/Track-
1/10/1 dated
14.07.2017 Pending Since:
24.07.2017
Track Design Dte Under technical
examination.
QA MECHANICAL
114 Rly Board Approved
vendors for
supply of
Spring Steel
Rly Bd’s letter
NO.2007/M(C)
/137/16
Dated:
There was no RDSO
spec. for this item,
hence, Carriage
Dte. of RDSO was
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Rounds for
FIAT springs.
30.01.2015. &
2007/M(C)/13
7/16 (ix)
Dated: 29.01.2016.
Pending Since:
30.01.2015
asked to finalize its
spec. The spec no.
RDSO/2017/CG-01
was finalized by Carriage dte. on
23/02/2017.
Thereafter, STR was
finalized by
QA(Mech.) Dte. on
26/04/2017. After that applications
were invited for
fresh registration.
Till now four nos of
firms have applied
for fresh registration. The
field verification of
all these four firms
has been conducted
and the deficiencies have been advised
to the respective
firms. The firms are
being regularly
chased for
submitting the compliance of the
advised
deficiencies.
115 ALD Div./
NCR
Poor
performance of
EM Pads supplied by
M/s Aryan
Exports Pvt.
Ltd and Side
bearer springs
supplied by M/s India
Tools Craft (P)
ltd.
E-mail by NCR
dated
18/08/2017 and forwarded
by Wagon Dte.
vide note no.
MW/CSNB/Fai
lure dated
25/08/2017 Pending Since:
25/08/2017
ALD Div. /NCR has
reported failures of
EM Pads supplied by M/s Aryan
Exports Pvt. Ltd
and Side bearer
springs supplied by
M/s India Tools
Craft (P) ltd.. On examination of the
report, it is found
that all the failures
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are prior to Oct-
2016. Also the
failures are of the
items supplied by the firms prior to
Aug-2016. These
are not recent
failure.
In view of above
facts, in order to ascertain the
quality of these
items produced by
the above firms, out
of turn Quality
Audit of both the firms has been
ordered.
Electric Loco
116 M/s Thermo
Cables Ltd.
M/s Thermo
Cables Limited
has applied for
fresh vendor registration for
Thin walled
cables for three
phase
locomotives against
temporary
vendor
reference id no.
QAE2017/419
5 dated 31.03.2017.
31.03.17 Compliance of RDSO letter
is submitted by the firm on
11.08.2017. The case is
under process.
Geotechnical
117 ER Railway
requested
RDSO for
investigation of
problematic locations of
Letter of
Dy.CE/Const/
ER with
reference no.
DCE/Con/V/HWH/W/ BZLE-
Inspection of site
done from 03.07.17
to 06.07.17, along
with collections of
details/data from site. Soil samples
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35
new formation
for doubling
work between
Bazarsau-Azimganj
Junction in
Howrah
Division,
Eastern
Railway and suggesting
remedial
measures.
AZ
Doubling/750,
dated:
02.05.17 Pending Since:
Letter under
reference
received on
05.05. 2017.
received on
14.07.17. Testing of
soil samples will be
completed by 26.09.17.
Consultancy report
to be finalised by
13.10.17.
118 WCR Railway
informed
RDSO that cracks have
been observed
during
previous
monsoons in
the formation of third line
between Bina-
Bhopal section
commissioned
in 2015-16. Therefore,
Railway
requested
RDSO for
investigation of
problematic locations of
third line
between Bina-
Bhopal section,
and suggesting
remedial measures for
effective
solution.
CTE/WCR
Letter no. W-
HQ/W-4/Track/RVNL
Unusual,
dated:
01.07.2017
Pending Since:
Letter under reference
received on
04.07.2017.
RDSO team visited
the site from
21.08.17 to 23.08.17, & also
collected relevant
details/data from
site. Soil samples
received on
01.09.17 & testing to be completed by
14.11.17.
Consultancy report
to be finalised by
30.11.17.
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119 ECR Railway
informed
RDSO that
cracks in formation &
puncturing of
ballast is
observed,
resulting in
frequent cross-level variation
between Patna-
Mughalsarai
sections.
Railway
requested RDSO for
investigation of
problematic
locations
between Patna-Mughalsarai
section, and
suggesting
remedial
measures for
effective solution.
CTE/ECR/Haji
pur letter no.
W-7/436/ 09/
Formation/ Pt.1/2144
dated:
08.08.2017.
Pending Since:
Letter under
reference received on
17.08.2017.
Site inspection by
RDSO team carried
out from 05.09.17
to 08.09.17, along with collection of
details from site.
Soil samples
received on
18.09.17.
Designated soil testing to be
completed by
11.12.17 and
Consultancy report
to be finalised by
29.12.17.
120 SR Railway
informed
RDSO
regarding
sinkage/ settlement
problem in P-
way section of
Kottayam on
Ernakulam-
Kottayam-Kayamkulam
section.
CTE/SR Letter
no. 49/1/
Formation
Treatment/CN
projects, dated 24.07.17.
Pending Since:
Letter under
reference
received on
10.08.2017.
Southern Railway
has been asked to
submit complete
details of identified
problematic stretches vide this
office letter No. RS/
G/95-SR Vol.-20 dt.
23.08.17, which is
still awaited. Team
of GE officials shall be visiting to
inspect problematic
sites shortly.