Совершенствование организации работы локомотивных бригад (на примере участка Петровский Завод – Карымская Забайкальской железной дороги)

Abstract

On the Trans-Baikal Railway, the search for appropriate areas for circulation of locomotive crews is underway. Short shoulders lead to inefficient use of locomotive crews, and long ones lead to the need to change crews at intermediate stations (without reaching the shift points). We need to develop new ways to optimize the work of locomotive crews. The article analyzes the effective shoulder lengths for compliance with the optimal values. It is established that traction shoulders are optimal, but locomotive crew service shoulders require optimization. The analysis of working hours of locomotive crews on active shoulders showed that shortage of locomotives and locomotive crews is caused by problems of exceeding the overhead time, cancellation of locomotive crews due to exceeding two hours from the moment of appearance to the moment of departure, change of locomotive crews at intermediate stations (i.e., not reaching the points of turnover or place of residence). The main causes of these problems are identified and measures aimed at solving them are proposed. It is proposed to use two variants of technology of using warm-up teams to perform operations between the arrival of a train at the shift point and the departure after all technological operations are completed, which will reduce the overhead time. The technology is considered by the example of the Karymskaya junction station. Technical and economic comparison of the options was carried out, proving their feasibility.