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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Railway research arm asked for probe after Shatabdi engine wheel skids on wet rails during emergency braking

New Delhi: The Railway Board has asked its research and development organisation to investigate a recent skidding of a locomotive of the New Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi Express on wet rails when the loco pilot applied emergency brakes to prevent cattle from being run over.

On July 13, the New Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi Express was involved in a cattle run-over incident between Rathdhana and Sonipat in the Northern Railway zone when the loco pilot tried to stop the train using emergency brakes.

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