BLW equips goods train with EoTT device
Varanasi: The Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) in collaboration with the Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow, has successfully implemented the task of mounting the ‘End of Train Telemetry’ (EoTT) device in a goods train (engine number 32266).
According to the BLW spokesperson Rajesh Kumar, similar devices would be mounted on other goods trains after successful testing. The BLW has been selected by the Railway Board to implement the (EoTT), a flagship mission project of the Indian Railways, which seeks to replace guard and brake van in freight trains. The EoTT is a low-cost radio telemetry device which is used to establish communication between the locomotive’s driver and last wagon of the train to ensure that the train is running with all wagons as a complete unit.
An EoTT set consists of a cab unit also called communication display unit and a rear unit, also called sense and brake unit or end of train unit. The rear unit is attached to the rear coupler of the last wagon of a rake. The cab unit and rear unit communicate over a radio link enabling two-way transmission of status data and instructions for the rear unit. The Railway Board in November 2020, approved in principle equipping all freight trains with EoTT devices that will replace the standard guard/brake van at the end of every goods rake.
