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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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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


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


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.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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


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


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.


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.


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)


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.


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


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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new formation

for doubling

work between

Bazarsau-Azimganj

Junction in

Howrah

Division,

Eastern

Railway and suggesting

remedial

measures.

AZ

Doubling/750,

dated:


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.