CREW LINKS, LOCO LINKS AND POWER PLAN

CREW LINKS, LOCO LINKS AND POWER PLAN 

PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATING CREW REQUIREMENT OF A DIVISION 

1. Running staff review should be carried out after every six months i.e. on 1st Jan. and 1st July by STA (Senior technical assistant) of the division. 

. Before preparing review, loco pilot's links of all the sheds should be got prepared and vetted by personnel branch. 

3 Statement of avg. hours on road and no. of goods . Trains ran during last six months for each section should be ready duly approved by Sr. DOM/DOM. 

 4. A list of shunting' points and DMTs running to be prepared and signed by Sr. DOM/DOM. 

5. Mail/Express/Passenger Loco pilots requirement to be worked on the basis of loco pilots/crew links. 

6. For goods crews_ the requirement should be worked out as per power plan signed by Sr DME(P) and Sr. DOM. 7.67 Crews are to be demanded for one freight POL. Separate crews to be demanded for the activities which cannot been covered in power plan e.g., Light engine and Empty coaching rakes running etc. 

7. 30% leave reserve and 10 % trainee reserve should be demanded for this additional requirement. 

8. Shunters should be demanded @ 1 against 8 hrs. point. Also rest giver @ 1 for 6 shunters to be demanded. Leave reserve and trainee post to be demanded separately. 

9. Requirement of DSL assistants should be same as that of loco pilots (Excluding motormen where no assistant loco pilot is required). 

10. Running staff review duly signed by Sr. DME/Sr. DEE should be put up to Sr. DAO for vetting. 

11. After accounts vetting sanction of DRM be taken and Sr. DPO will issue circulars of revised sanction. + Running supervisors review should also be made with staff review @ 1 loco Inspector against 25 loco pilots or 50 shunters. No rest giver allowed. Leave reserve 12.5%. 

POINTS TO BE KEPT IN VIEW WHILE PREPARING LOCO PILOT'S LINKS 

1. Loco pilot/Crew links are prepared by CPRC/CTLC and got verified from Personnel Branch. Objective of crew links is to ensure optimum utilization of crews. 

2. Train timings to be checked from the latest timetable. 

3. Links to be prepared before promulgation of new time table. 

4. Max. duty hours in anyone trip should not exceed 10 hours. 

5. Avg. duty hours in a fortnight should not exceed 104 hours. 

6. Min. no. of rests in a month should be included in the link. 

7. Efforts should be made to include all the sections in the link to avoid giving learning road again and again. 

8. Min. out of station rest in case less than 8 hrs. duty in the previous trip should be 6 hrs from sign off to sign on. In case duty is 8 hrs or more than 8 hrs, then 8 hrs. rest to be given. In case of short trips of less than or equal to 5 hours then duty performed plus 1 hrs. will be sufficient. 132 

9. Min. home station rest should be (a) If duty performed in the last trip is less than 8 hrs., then 12 hrs. (b) If duty is 8 hrs. or more. then 16 hrs. (c) If staff is required to work train less then stipulated rest then breach of rest allowance is payable to running staff. 

10. Separate links should be prepared for superfast trains such as Rajdhani/Shatabdi Exp. Chronic late running trains should be kept in view to avoid link failures. 

POINTS TO BE KEPT IN VIEW WHILE PREPARING LOCOMOTIVE LINKS 

1. Loco/Power links are prepared by HQ.'s office and circulated to the divisions. The objective of power links is to ensure optimum utilization of powers. 

2. Train timings should be checked from latest time table. 

3. Links to be prepared before commencement of new time table. 

4. Efforts should be made to send the loco to home shed for servicing within the stipulated schedule time 

5. Minimum possible out station halt should be provided. 

6. Ensure loco is permitted to run on the sections at the max. permissible speed of the train. 

 POWER REQUIREMENT (POWER PLAN) 

1. To be prepared once in six months. 

2. Avg. No. of trains run on each section per day and Avg. hours on road for last six months duly signed by Sr.DME(P) and Sr.DOM to be prepared. 

3. Formula: Section wise average freight POL for the last six months to be calculated as under: Bare POL = PDD + HOR + PAD (POL=Power on line ; PDD = Pre departure detention; HOR=Hours on road; PAD=Post arrival detention) 

4. 3.5 % further growth and 10% Bunching allowance to be demanded on Bare POL 

5. Loco's requirement. for DMT. ART. and other loco' s which remain in outage but not added in POL for the purpose of calculation of average kilometers to be added in the bare requirement. 

6. To arrive total POL. last six month average POL of shunting loco link WDS-4, WDS-5, WDS-6 pilots and Mail lie over to be added in the POL calculated above. 

7. Mail/Exp./Pass. Loco requirement to be worked out on the basis of loco link. Add 10% for major repair allowance. 

8. For shunting services, work out number of points for 8 hours shunting, demand 0.33 POL. Add 1 loco as overlap against 06 loco. Add 10% for major repairs. 

9. Kms formula: Total kms earned on the Avg. per day during last six months divided by average loco utilization

CREW LINKS, LOCO LINKS AND POWER PLAN

PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATING CREW REQUIREMENT OF A DIVISION

1. Running staff (Loco Pilots) review should be carried out every six months; i.e 1st April and 1st October by the Power Officers i.e. Sr.DME/Sr.DEE of the division. After obtaining associate finance vetting and DRM’s approval these proposals are sent to HQRs for further scrutiny by the JA Grade Officers Evaluation Committee.

2. Review of Loco Pilot (Goods): For calculating the requirement of Loco Pilot (Goods) the total number of working hours logged by Loco Pilot (Goods) is calculated and then the following formula is applied.

2 a) FORMULA FOR GOODS CREW REVIEW BASED ON CREW HOURS

2 b) TRAINEE RESERVE FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF RUNNING STAFF

3. Review of Loco Pilot (Mail/Express/Passenger):

a) Mail/Express/Passenger Loco Pilot requirement is worked out on the basis of crew links.

b) Before preparation of crew links, these links should be vetted by HOER section of the Personnel Branch.

c) 30% Leave Reserve and Trainee Reserve as per table shown in 2 (b) is also added to the requirement.

4. Review of Shunters:

a) Requirement of shunter is calculated on the basis of one for every 8 hours shift.

b) Rest giver is calculated at one for every 6 shunters.

c) 16% Leave reserve and Trainee reserve as per table shown in 2 (b) is also added to the requirement .

5. Review of ALPs:

a) Requirement of ALPs is the same as that of Loco Pilots as detailed above.

b) No ALPs are provided for motormen.

c) 30% Leave reserve and Trainee reserve as per table shown in 2(B) is also added to the requirement.

6. Review of Loco Inspectors:

a) One Loco Inspector for every 25 drivers/50 shunters is included in the crew review.

b) Similarly two Loco Inspectors for every 50 locomotives holding in the diesel sheds are also considered.

c) Separate requirement of Loco Inspectors is worked out for Fuelling installations and for working as safety counselors with the safety department.

d) No Rest-giver or Trainee reserve is given for this category.

e) 16% Leave reserve is included in the requirement.

7. After the evaluation of the proposals by the JA Grade committee as detailed above, these proposals after necessary corrections are sent for the approval of COM, CPO, FA&CAO & then put up to GM for sanction.

POINTS TO BE KEPT IN VIEW WHILE PRPEARING DRIVER’S LINKS

1. Driver/Crew links are prepared by the divisional Power Officers and got verified by the HOER section of Personnel Branch. Objective of crew links is to ensure optimum utilization of crews.

2. Train timings to be checked from the latest time-table.

3. Links to be prepared before promulgation of new time table.

4. Max. duty hours in anyone trip should not exceed 10 hours.

5. Avg. duty hours in a fortnight should not exceed 104 hours.

6. Minimum number of rests in a month should be 5 of 22 hrs. or 4 of 30 hours including night in bed from 22 hrs. to 6 hrs. from sign off to sign on.

7. Efforts should be made to include all the sections in the link to avoid giving road learning again and again.

8. Minimum out of station rest in case less than 8 hrs duty in the previous trip should be 6 hrs. from sign off to sign on. In case duty is 8 hrs or more, then 8 hrs rest to be given. In case of short trips of less than or equal to 5 hrs. then duty performed plus 1hr rest will be sufficient.

9. Minimum home station rest should be :-

a) If duty performed in the last trip is less than 8 hours, then 12 hours.

b) If duty is 8 hours or more, then 16 hrs.

c) If staff is required to work train with less than stipulated rest then breach of rest allowance is payable to running staff.

10. Link having the max. earning kilometerage should be worked by senior most drivers and so on.

11. Separate links should be prepared for super-fast trains such as Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express. Chronic late running trains should be kept in view to avoid link failures.

POINTS TO BE KEPT IN VIEW WHILE PREPARING LOCOMOTIVE LINKS :

1. Loco/Power links are prepared by HQRs Office and circulated to the divisions. The objective of power links is to ensure optimum utilization of powers.

2. Train timings should be checked from latest time table.

3. Links to be prepared before commencement of new time table.

4. Efforts should be made to send the loco to home shed for servicing within the stipulated schedule time.

5. The maximum mileage of each home shed servicing should not exceed 4000- 5000 kms.

6. Minimum possible out station halt should be provided.

7. Ensure loco is permitted to run on the sections at the maximum permissible speed of the train.

POWER REQUIREMENT (POWER PLAN)

1. To be prepared once in a year.

2. Avg. no. of trains run on each section per day for last year duly signed by the Power Officer and Sr.DOM to be prepared.

3. The power plans are formulated by taking into account the trains actually run section-wise. An additional 5 % engine kms. are added for anticipated traffic growth.

4. Loco requirement for ART, ARME and other locos which remain in outage but not added in POL for the purpose of calculation of average kilometers to be added in the bare requirement.

5. Mail/Exp/Passenger Loco requirement to be worked out on the basis of loco link. add 10% for major repair allowance.

6. For shunting services, work out number of points for 8 hours shunting. Add 10% for major repairs.