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Expert Profile: Akhilesh Yadav

Expertise:  Questions related with railroad engineering, signal and communications systems, automatic train control and train protection systems. Design, Testing & engineering related with with railroad signals and communications projects.

Experience in the area
15 years with railroad signals and communication.

Organizations
Atkins Rail

Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India. website- www.mnnit.ac.in

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What do you like about this subject?  Railway is the future of public transport. It is the safest mode of modern transport systems and has the best possible fuel efficiency vis-a-vis other modes like road/air. Trains are going to be an essential part of a carbon free world.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?  There is so much to learn in the world of railway systems specially in todays world when so many innovations and projects are going on world over to make Rail transport fastest, cheapest, safest and most environment friendly mode of transport.
Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 150
Knowledge   9.40   Excellent
Clarity of Response   10.0   Best of the best
Timeliness   10.0   Best of the best
Politeness   10.0   Best of the best
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Total Questions
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15
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User Comments
THANK YOU!
(Sarah on 03/31/08)
First class all the way
(joe on 02/05/08)
I know this was a little out of your area of expertise but thanks for the clues.
(Lane on 02/05/08)
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Recent Answers from Akhilesh Yadav
2008-09-28  railroad crossing gate The crossing arrangement and hence sequence of operation and timing differs from country to country and even within different parts of the same country. For US systems, as I can see from the relevant manual...
2008-09-06  trains The engine in rear of train is also called Banker and it is mostly used in heavy gradient sections to ensure that vehicles don't roll back due to gravity. The engine in rear gives pushing effect to the...
2008-05-27  communication between dispatcher and train in early sixties. Hi John, sorry for the delay. Unfortunately system did not prompt me this time since it does not prompt for repeat questions. Only possibility of contacting engineer was at way side stations by stopping...
2008-03-30  something strange Dear Sarah, Your eyes are perfectly all right. Actually during winter some sections of tracks known as switch and crossing require heating to mellt the ice/snow, so that, a portion of the track could be...
2008-01-30  grade crossing bell Joe, i can not tell this without actually having a look at it. But i feel it should be a 10v dc bell as other equipments at crossing used this voltage (download a pdf from this link--- http://www.trainweb...
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