CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -West Central Railway has developed a battery-operated dual-mode locomotive named Navdoot. This engine runs on both modes i.e. battery and electricity. Currently, it is being used during shunting of trains at Jabalpur, Mudwara, and other stations on a trial basis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Exide’s 10V 75 and 90AH Low-maintenance tubular batteries have been the preferred choice of Railways for EMU and Electrical Locomotive applications over the years.

Detailed explanation-3: -A total of 280 WAG-12B have been built at Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura, Bihar, India. With a power output of 12,000 hp, the WAG 12 is twice as powerful as its immediate predecessor, WAG 9, and is among the most powerful freight locomotives in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Production of Electric locomotives was simultaneously taken up indigenously at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) in 1960 and the first 1500 V DC electric locomotive for Bombay Area Lokmanya was flagged off on 14.10. 1961 by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Goods traffic (G), 9th generation (9) locomotive. They entered service in 1996.