IRCA- INDIAN RAILWAY CONFRENCE ASSOCIATION

☞​ HEAD QUARTER- DRM Building New Delhi

☞​ WORKING: Under Rly Board(Member Traffic)
☞​ ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL-GM/Northern Rly
☞​ HEAD: General Secretary (Traffic /Commercial
Deptt.).

AIM:

✔ To upgrade the maintenance quality of rolling stock

(carriage & wagon).
✔ Rate fixing and preparation of passenger ticket and goods
charges.
✔ To dissolve the operational dispute between two
interchanging point.
✔ Pre & final examination during POH &ROH to be
carried out by neutral TXR (IRCA) and final fit memo to
be issued to the concerning officer of the w/shop or sick
line.
✔ Repair cost during POH & ROH & Other repair of
carriage & wagon to be assess & repair cost sent to
railway board.
✔ Suggestion and rake assessment of amount paid by
commercial department. On account of railway claim to
be service time to time and proposal sent to railway.

WORK:
 ✔ Mechanical deptt. : Final fitness of off POH / NPOH, off
ROH & other wagon lying in sick line for miscellaneous
defects to be issued by IRCA men i.e. NTXR.
✔ Operating deptt. To dissolve the operational dispute
between two railways, preparation of time table etc.
✔ Commercial deptt: Rate fixing & preparation of
passenger ticket & goods stock.
✔ Accounts: Accountant assessment of the expenditure to
be checked by IRCA.

Mechanical Deptt. Concern: IRCA gives out the rules for the
standards condemning sizes of various components used on rolling
stock. They also give the guidelines for the maintenance of rolling
stock in workshop and in open line. The rule books used for the
carriage & wagon issued for the carriage &wagon branch of
mechanical deptt. are: part III for wagon stock & part IV for
coaching stock .

IRCA part III & part IV contain 4 chapters

Chapter Details

Chapter I Definitions

Chapter II Workshop repair practice

Chapter III Maintenance practice in open line

Chapter IV Rejection Rules

Rejectable defect in coaching stock

As per IRCA. Rule book part iv, chapter iv rejections are given
from Rule No. 4.0-4.25.2:-

(4.1) Coaching stock must not be allowed with any chargeable,

reject able and any other defects from work shop.

(4.2) Maintenance depots shall ensure the maintenance

procedure givens in chapter II and III and No any reject able
defects is allowed.

(4.3) Notwithstanding any provisions in the rules, coaching

stock must not be allowed to run if in the opinion of a Train
Examiner, it is in such a condition as if may cause an accident.
(4.4) Coaching stock must not be allowed with any defects
having ‘S’ marks for Guidance of staff concern.

Example:- Axle Box Defects;

- Axle box lug/wing broken.

‘S’ - Hot box;

- Over due oiling

- Due repacking.

‘S’ - Axle guard defects;

Axle guard bridle bar crack, deficient , broken.

- Hydraulic dash pots broken

- Body defects; door bent

- Alarm chain damaged/deficient.

- Brake gear defects;

- Brake gear fitting deficient.

- Brake gear (Air brake system)-Any defects in brake
system;

‘S’ - Any buffer dead.

- Draft gear + Coupling;
‘S’ - Draw bar, hook draft hook broken
- Draft gear + buffing in EMU;

- Infringement of O.D.C

- Trolley frame defects;

‘S’ - Bolster spring plank broken.

- Spring gear;
- Shifted more than 13mm

- Tyre defects

‘S’ - loose tyre

Wheel

defects

‘S’ - thin tyre, sharp flange

etc Under frame defects

crack or bent

‘S’ - Under slung tank suspension bracket broken

‘S’ - Buffer Height Variation more than 64 mm on same

end ‘S’ - Axle Pulley Loose.

‘S’ - Brake Block Deficient. or excessive worn

‘S’ - Foot Board, Hand Hold deficient

‘S’ - Any Buffer Dead

‘S’ - Wheel Shifted on Axle