MECHANICAL (Power) BRANCH SECUNDERABAD DIVISION
1.Overview of the department
1.1 Organization – Functions
The Mechanical power Branch /SC is contributing in achieving excellence in the following fields.
1.2 Crew Booking lobbies:
SNF – Booking of Freight crew
BIDR- Booking of coaching and freight crew
PRLI- Booking of coaching and freight crew
CT- Booking of coaching and freight crew
1.3 Running Rooms & Rest Rooms
| Sl No | Running/ Rest Room | Category | Cooking Facilities | Maintenance |
| 1 | Chittapur | Major | √ | Outsourced |
| 2 | Sanathnagar | Minor | √ | Outsourced |
| 3 | Bidar | Minor | √ | Outsourced |
| 4 | Parli | Major | √ | Outsourced |
| 5 | Vikarabad | -- | Rest Room | Railways |
1.4 RCDs
| Sl No | Depot | Type | Capacity | OIL Company | |
| 1 | SNF | Major | 205 KL (45x3) + (1x70) | BPC | |
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| 2 | PRLI | Medium | 253 KL | Reliance | |
| 3 | RDM | Minor | 140 KL (70+70) | IOC | |
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| 4 | VKB | Major | 463 KL (230+233) | IOC& BPC | |
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| 5 | SC | Major | 210 KL (3x70) | BPC | |
Average fuel consumption per day is 187KL
1.2 Diesel Trip Shed / Sanathnagar
- Trip shed Covered area of 7 x 40 Sq.mts with 26 meters pit line and having lube oil top up facility.
- Average no.of locos attended per month : 472
Organization Structure:
Weighing machine organization
| Under commercial dept. for public utility | Other Departmental usage |
| Capacity | No. of Machines | Capacity | No. of Machines |
| 4000 Kg | 4 | 2000 Kg | 4 |
| 2000 Kg | 1 | 1000 Kg | 27 |
| 1000 Kg | 11 | 500 Kg | 21 |
| 500 Kg | 1 | 300 Kg | 2 |
| | | 250 Kg | 3 |
| | | 100 Kg | 2 |
| TOTAL | 17 | TOTAL | 59 |
Periodicity maintenance of Weighing Machines :POH - Once in a year
Maintenance of the machines
Machines of Hd. Qrs. area - Once in a month
Other than Hd.qrs. area - Once in 2 months
Improvements :I. Crew Lobbiesa. Provision of CCTV cameras:
Provision of Surveillance cameras in Crew Booking Lobby BIDR, PRLI
Crew Booking Lobbies are under camera surveillance to keep a constant watch on crew activities while Signing ON/OFF like Breathalyzer test to ensure safe Running of trains.
BIDR PRLI
b. Integrated Breath Analyzer equipment & Biometric system with KIOSK has been commissioned at the Crew lobbies of BIDR & PRLI.
c.50 LPH RO plant has been provided at BIDR, PRLI Crew Lobbies.
d.AC Units have been provided at BIDR & PRLI Crew Lobbies.
e.Cold & hot dispensers have been provided at PRLI & BIDR crew lobbies
f.Sofa set for crew lounge at crew lobby/PRLI.
g.One spare emergency Crew line box with all tools has been provided at BIDR & PRLI Crew lobbies.
h.Open Racks for Crew line boxes have been provided at BIDR, PRLI Crew lobbies.
II. Running Room
a.ISO 9001-2015 Certification was awarded for BIDR & PRLI Running rooms.
b.Provision of Surveillance Camera at Running rooms of BIDR & PRLI
Running rooms are under surveillance camera to have constant watch on kitchen, dining and corridors of Running room.
c.New Extension Block in BIDAR (Karnataka) Running Room
A new extension block with 04 rooms has been added to Running Room at Bidar. With this the bed capacity increased from 13 to 20. A well equipped kitchen & dining hall were also added. This new facility was put in use from August- 2016.
d.At Reception desk of PRLI/Running room, Computerized Check in & Check out system has been provided.
Reception Desk Check-In & Check-out System
e.250 LPH “RO” Plants have been provided each at BIDR & PRLI.
f.Kitchen Hood Chimneys (at PRLI & BIDR) have been provided in running rooms.
g.At PRLI/Running room, Dining table & Light music system has been provided.
h. At PRLI/Running room Storage BOX Provided for Cots to store personal things of the crew .
Railway consumer depots (RCDs)
a. Provision of Surveillance Camera at RCDs of SC,SNF,VKB & PRLI
All RCDs are provided with Camera surveillance for closely monitoring of Fuel issues, operating of flow meters and HSD oil decanting.
b. New fuel issue points were provided at Rd-3&4, 5&6 towards HYB end at SC yard. With this, facility of fuelling for all lines on both directions is made available
