- Official Language Policy,

- Act, Rules,

- Incentive Schemes etc.

Paper will be of two parts

- One part comprising of questions from establishment, Financial Rules and Stores which will be mandatory for all.

- Other part will be of Technical questions from four streams of Mechanical Department. Questions on PU are included in workshop segment.

- Question on Rajbhasha will be of optional nature of fifteen marks

Official Language

- Official Language Policy,

- Act, Rules,

- Incentive Schemes etc.

Part-A 

Consists of questions from Establishment, Financial rules & Stores.

Part-B

Contains Professional portion in Four sections representing various streams of Mechanical Branch

– Divisional working and Disaster management,

- Diesel Locomotives,

- Carriage & Wagon,

- Workshops and PU,

PART-A

1. Syllabus - Establishment

2. Syllabus - Financial Rules

3. STORES

 - Classification of Stores

 - Procedure of drawl of Stores

 - Indenting Procedures

  Procurement methods

 -Local purchase,

 - Spot purchase,

 - Bulletin tender,

 - Advertised tender,

 - Limited tender,

 - Tender Committee,

 - Direct Purchasing

 - Schedule of Powers

 - Incoming inspection requirements

 - Scrap disposal

DIVISIONAL WORKING & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Working Time Table

 - Working in Control Office including Passanger grievance redressal portals e.g. Rail Madad

 - Accident Classification, definitions,

 - ART Ordering,

 - Role of Supervisors & officers at accident site Management.,

 - Accident investigation including proforma for measurement

- 140 ton Crane Construction & safety in operations

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES

• Basic Features and troubleshooting of HHP locomotives
• Preventive maintenance schedules
• Latest design improvements in diesel locomotives to reduce failures on line.
• Features of GE Locomotives
• Design improvements in bogies to make them fit for high speed operation
• Air Brake system of diesel locos including working of compressors and vigilance control devices and their maintenance
• Cooling water system of diesel engines
• Fuel oil system of diesel engines
• Control of lubricating oil consumption
• Safety devices used on diesel engines and locomotives
• Trouble shooting on locomotives running on the railways
• Fuel Economy on diesel locomotives
• Thermal loading of engine components
• Under gear maintenance
• Suspension bearings, wheels
• Electric Systems of Diesel Locomotive
• Load Box Testing
• MEMU, DEMUs-types, systems & trouble shooting
• Basics of DPRS (Distributed Power Rolling Stock)
• Introduction to GM Locomotives and its systems

CARRIAGE & WAGON

Coaching stock

- Preventive maintenance schedules in Coaching Depots including IOH.POH, SS2, SS3 Schedules in shops

Wagon Stock-

 - Preventive maintenance including ROH in depots and POH Schedule in shops ,

 - Ride Index, Anti Telescopic features

• IRCA Rules for rejectable defects
• ICF & LHB Coach Bodies and their maintenance in sick line/shops
• Generic details of train set
• Casnub Bogie & its modifications for high speed
• Corrosion repairs to caching and goods stock
• Couplers & Draw gear, Train Parting, Brake Binding & measures to avoid the same
• Water availability in coaches
• Fire prevention on Trains
• Air Brake System-Twin Pipe & single pine. Under frame & bogie mounted brake system, Test rig, Checking timings, trouble shooting, DV defects, slack adjustment methods. Brake Binding, WSP system, FIBA, Air spring suspension in LHB coaches
• Passenger amenity items
• OBHS , CTS and other coach cleaning systems
• Maintenance Pattern of freight trains including CC Rakes & Coaching stock maintenance including Revised Policy Circular-4
• Neutral Train Examination
• Maintenance of various components like DV, SAB, PEASD
• Latest design improvements of Carriage & Wagons to improve their performance and speed potential
• LHB Coaches & BLC Wagons
• Construction, Design & Maintenance of special purpose Wagons

Workshops and Production Units

  - System of labour accountal GA Cards for time keeping documents,

  - tally sheets, Job/Route Cards, inspection & rate fixing

• Rules & Calculations under incentive scheme
• Paints & painting systems
• Different types of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, planers, cutting tools & cutting speeds
• CNC machines
• CLW Pattern of Incentive Scheme, Group Incentive Scheme
• Different types of welding processes, welding defects
• Wheels, tyres & axles and their ultrasonic testing
• Heat treatment of ferrous items such as surface hardening, annealing, normalizing etc
• Roller Bearing & Cartridge Bearings
• Injury free features in coaches
• Material handling
• Design of coaches and wagons
• Basic concepts of casting and Heat treatment methods
• Manufacturing and Heat treatment process of wheels and axles
• Factory Layout
• Process flow chart of Production Units
• Machinery and Plant maintenance