It is sometime appears to our mind that which one is more difficult to drive a train or a road vehicle? Trains are runs on a fixed track. There is any possibilities to collide with other train.
But road vehicles drives on road where other vehicles also runs on same road. It increase the chances of collision with other vehicles.
So which one is more difficult to drive? A train or a road vehicle? Here in this article you will get your answer.
Stay with me till the end.
What do you have to do for driving a train? I have experience of train driving for more than fifteen years in Indian Railways.
Step 1: Release the brakes.
Step 2: Supply the electricity to traction motors by taking notches.
Your train will start to move.
What do you have to do to drive your car? I have also experience of car driving for more than ten years.
Step 1: Put the gear handle to first gear thread.
Step 2: Release the hand brakes.
Step 3: Press the accelerator pedal.
Your car will start to move.
Both are easy.
What are the things do you have to take care of when you driving your train?
A locomotive is comprised of various apparatus and instruments. All are very very important for functioning a locomotive smoothly.
A series of switchboard, relays, various indication lamps, gauges, etc., are fitted within the Locomotive driving cab and also rear cab.
They are all related to those apparatus and instruments. The smooth functioning of the locomotive is depended on those switches, relays, gauges, indication lamps.
If you try to count them they may be more than 100 in numbers together all.
At the time of driving his train, a loco pilot must be very very careful and always have to do a keen watch on all of those.
He also has to drive train according to the signal aspects. The speed of his train will be fast or slow according to the signal.
Braking of a train is the most difficult task for a Loco Pilot. Trains run with great momentum.
The calculation of application of brakes with the speed to stop the train at a certain point a very very difficult task.
But there is a relaxation during the driving of a train. There is practically no chance to collide with another train when you driving your train with the proper signal.
Loco pilot doesn't have to worry about that.
Car driving is critical with respect to this particular matter. There is always a chance to collide with other vehicles when you driving on a road.
But the car doesn't have those various apparatus and instruments connected with the functioning of the car. Driver doesn’t have put a serious keen watch with the meter and gauges of his driving desk like Loco pilot.
The braking of cars relatively varies easily than braking of a train. There is no comparison of momentum between a train and a car.
Here I try to put a comparison between two kinds of driving as per my personal experiences.
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