Chain Pulling in Train: Indian Railways is the fourth largest railway network in the world and the second-largest in Asia. Every day lakhs of people travel by train here. There are many types of bogies on the train. This includes general, sleeper, and AC coaches. But if you have ever traveled on a train, then you must have seen that chain pulling means emergency brakes are installed in every coach. With their help, the train is stopped. But have you ever wondered how the railway police get to know the bogie number of the train after chain pulling? Let's tell.

You will be surprised to know that there is no such system in Mail Express trains, with the help of which when a passenger applies the emergency brake, the loco pilot can know in which compartment chain pulling has taken place. When someone pulls a chain, the loco pilot must get a signal of a decrease in brake pipe pressure in the train, so that they know that the chain has been pulled somewhere in the train.

The train is stopped when the chain is pulled. After this, the work of the Railway Police is done. Railway Police Force uses an age-old technology to trace chain pullers. The sound of air pressure leaking comes from the bogie of the train from which chain pulling is done. With the help of this voice, the police reach the chain puller.

Apart from this, on pulling the chain in some trains, a valve installed in the top corner of the bogie turns. Railway Police find out by looking at this rotating valve, in which bogie the emergency brake has been pulled.

At the same time, on pulling the chain in Siemens and Bombardier make EMU trains, one can locate the bogie by opening the unit view on the screen in front of the loco pilot. There is no leakage in brake pipe pressure in EMU trains. Rather, when the chain is pulled, the alarm goes off. After this, the train is stopped.

Explain that chain pulling in a train without any reason is a criminal offense. Under Section 141 of the Railway Act, if a passenger uses an alarming chain without any reasonable cause, he can be fined Rs 1,000 or may be imprisoned for one year.