Important Concepts

Nota:

• TPA is fixed for each Route. It depends on route.

Nota:

• In Idle state locomotive generally consumes 3 to 5 Gallons of fuel

1. From Event Recorder

   Nota:

   • The details of Locomotive are collected from WDL. Then the time for which the locomotive is in particular notch calculated. and then the fuel consumed in each notch is calculated as per burnt chart.
   1. This has the first Priority
2. From Watt Meter

   Nota:

   • When fuel is burnt locomotive produces some electricity. The proportion of electricity produced is directly proportional to fuel burnt. So as per watt meter reading(KWH) the fuel consumption is calculated.
   1. This has the second Priority
3. From Guage

   Nota:

   • The difference between the electronic fuel gauge at start and end point is used to calculate the fuel consumed
   1. This has the last priority
4. From Estimation

   Nota:

   • The fuel consumption is calculated by using event recorder data of similar type of locomotive on that train.
   1. This is used when the data is not available from above three methods

Nota:

• The baseline fuel consumption is calculated from historical data for each route(segment). The actual fuel used - baseline fuel will give the fuel saved. According to fuel saved the ranking is decided.

Nota:

• Fuel Master is a process that calculates the Fuel for every Train Trip Segment.

Nota:

• Goal is a monthly target set to achieve by each engineer or a team based on car load for a train category and route

Nota:

• Network is divided into Regions Regions are divided into Service Units and service units are further divided into runs

1. Western
   1. SUNSET-16
      1. Runs
   2. UTAH-17
      1. Runs
   3. PORTLAND-18
   4. ROSEVILLE-19
   5. LOS ANGELES-20
   6. POCATELLO-21
   7. WESTERN OTHER-26
2. Southern
   1. NORTH LITTLE ROCK-6
   2. WICHITA-7
   3. LIVONIA-8
   4. HOUSTON-9
      1. Runs
   5. FORT WORTH-11
      1. Runs
   6. SAN ANTONIO-12
   7. SOUTHERN OTHER-25
3. Northern
   1. NORTH LITTLE ROCK-6
   2. WICHITA-7
   3. LIVONIA-8
      1. Runs
   4. HOUSTON-9
      1. Runs
   5. FORT WORTH-11
      1. Runs
   6. SAN ANTONIO-12
   7. SOUTHERN OTHER-25

1. It is the route which covered during train trip

1. Trip is the journey between source and destination

1. Distance between two specific stations or circ7s where some changes occurred like loading/unloading of cars, crew change, locomotive shutdown etc