Reflections of Rajaram Bojji

  Badrinath temple in Himalayas of India is at 3300 m elevation. The tools available in Skybus Rail tech are traversers, turntable, lift functionalities. No fixed signals. The entire track is well protected against snow obstructions. Please see in the previous post more details and videos about Skybus Rail . Here pictorially a preliminary feasibility report is made how to locate the traversers , turn tables and lifts .  Generally between Joshimath to Badrinath within 45 km from 1845 m to 3300 m reached..about 30 m per km rise. That means between 30 to 45/ traverser lifts of 30m lift capacity , so that Skybus is never allowed to climb at steeper than 1 in 150 slope .Actual field investigation needed. But the implication is at least 20 to 30 sec additional time added in the run.  Between Dehradun to Destination turn tables of the order of 30 to 40 expected. So Assuming a total of 100 of traversers, additional 50 to 60 min need to be added to running time.  The Skybus u...

MIT innovation award for Sri Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay ia should be commended. Nothing comes easy in life. To think differently is divine gift. Some engineers seem to think of possibility of plagiarism in the work awarded in MIT. They quote Skybus and my work. But first one should know properly the story of Skybus. Then coming to the Skybus, I must frankly admit it was no innovation. In service felt anguished from the first steam loco derailment in Shahabad in 1972. Entire night as AEN stood there to restore traffic. My first month of working post. Later on witnessed loss of life and always wondered at the confidence of loco drivers driving at speeds touching 100 even on the steam locos at that time. Hardly 25 mm flange and trust in gangmen. Wanted to have the same railway but safer , one which can never derail nor coaches escape haywire or roll down slopes. Simple reconfiguration of the same proven railway bogie and coach, preventing the bogie from escaping tracks under...