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ENGINE HOURS
• Engine hours are to include all time of diesel & electric engines under their
own power. Calculated from the time the engines starts from the shed at
the commencement of its daily work till it returns to the same or another
shed on completion of day’s work. In other words total hrs taken by the
engine from shed out to shed in.

Engine hours are classified into these categories: -

a) Train Engine Hrs.
b) Shunting Engine Hrs
c) A .R. Engine Hrs
d) ANR Engine Hrs
e) Light Engine Hours
f) Other Engine Hrs
 Train Engine Hrs
• Train engine hrs are to show the hrs during which engines are
employed on trains counting in each case from time to time
engine starts with the train until it reaches the station at
which engine terminates its run with the train. The time
occupied, in halts at stations is to be included, but that
occupied in shunting enroute is to be excluded and shown
under shunting hrs.
• For passenger-predetermined as per loco link.
• For goods –Actual hrs counted on territorial basis.
 Shunting Engine hrs are divided into three
parts
1) Shunting engine hrs of regular shunting engines are
allotted to yards for shunting regularly the total time
taken to perform shunting is treated as regular
shunting engine
2) Shunting engine hrs of train engine before and after
working a train
3) Shunting engine hrs of train engine en-route.
 C) Assisting Required
Engine hrs An engine, which is attached to a train for banking or
assisting purpose, it is known as an AR engine

• D) Assisting Not required

• engine hrs An engine, running under its own power when attached
to a train to prevent its running light and to save the path

E) Light Engine hrs

When an engine with one or more brake vans attached to it is
running light from one place to another or from shed to
station, if the distance is more than 1.6 kms, it is known as
light engine.
 F) Other Engine Hrs

• Other engine hrs for diesel & electric engine will

include the time of availability of engines in traffic
dept, other than in train, light, AR, ANR, shunting and
siding services.
• 1) Starting other engine hrs
• 2) Terminating other engine hrs
• 3) Engines ordered for but not utilised
• 4) Engine stable for short periods
• 5) Engines taking more time than allowed time
• 6) Detention en-route
ENGINE KILOMETERS

1) WORKING PASSANGER TRAIN (AS PER LOCO LINK)

2) WORKING GOODS TRAIN

3) WORKING MIXED TRAIN

4) WORKING DEPARTMENTAL TRAIN

5) REGULAR SHUNTING

6) TRAIN ENGINE SHUNTING

 FAILURE ANALYSIS
Category I – Statistical failure •
failure or delay 30 minutes or more due to : – defective design – defective material
– bad workmanship in shop – bad workmanship in shed – mismanagement by crew –
bad fuel – bad water –

Category II – Non-statistical failure •

undergoing repair outside home shed and not available for return trip •
booked on trial • overdue schedule by 24 hours or more • shortage of fuel •
time loss due bad weather, overloading/heavy train, poor visibility of signal