Pune: Loco pilot applies emergency brakes to avert major mishap

A major mishap was averted by a loco pilot by applying emergency brakes on time as some miscreants had kept iron pieces on railways tracks said Pune Divisional Railway Manager DRM Milind DeuskarIron pieces were found twice on tracks between Rukadi and Hatkalangane railway stations in the past 10 days Loco pilot saw it at the right time and pulled emergency brakes averting a major mishap Deuskar said on FridayIn December last year some children placed steel pieces on rail track in Vathar derailing 6 wheels of the engine 810 such incidents have taken place so far Loco pilots averted them but it is not actually their work They have other works and we cannot depend on them for safety he addedIn another case an overspeeding harbour line local exceeded its halt mark and rammed into the buffer stop at Mumbai CSMT platform one on Friday morning Railway officials confirmed there were no injuries to anyoneChief public relations officer of Central Railway Sunil Udasi said The local slightly touched and not dashed the buffers No repercussions on any services and no damages were caused during the incidentIn another incident the Harbour line on the Central railway faced two disruptions in four hours leading to the collapse of peak hour services Officials said a crack was discovered in the track between Belapur and Seawoods station around 930am which led to the delay of three local trainsEven after the crack was fixed around 954am trains continued to run slow thanks to the bunching effect As these trains were coming back on the track the downline services were affected after a local train bound for Panvel developed a snag around 1130am near KhargharThis led to the detention of nine local trains one behind the other The faulty train restarted after a while but not before delaying the entire morning rush hour A commuter onboard the train said the train at Kharghar station refused to move and kept on waiting for quite some time The pantographs were brought down and reset after which the train moved again on its own by 1230pm It took around 130pm for things to normaliseWith inputs from ANITop News Stories Of The DayTV actor claims cops brutally thrashed him and minor brother all nightMan creates fake sex chat profiles after losing housing society pollAngry after his wedding is called off man stabs aunt in Andheri heldMumbai Crime Private firms housekeeper films coworker changing heldWater supply Down to 13 percent Mumbai is running on reserveMumbai Crime Senior citizen thrashed for feeding strays in AndheriTanushree Duttas lawyer Cops speaking to those who know nothingForest department asked to probe snake rescuers death in SewriDenied permission to protest those against reservation cry foulDhule womans death State orders probeBorewells at Cross Maidan become latest Mumbai Metro victimsNishtha Dudeja The Haryana girl who won Miss Deaf Asia 2018 crownAarohi Pandit Mumbai girl is worlds first to cross Atlantic OceanThese photos of politicians working out will give you fitness goalsThe king is dead long live the mantrimid day editorial A warning for those who fight for justiceInternet legend Grumpy Cat passes awayGrumpy Cat passes away Twitter mourns death of internets favourite catCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates