DEPOT SNCF

SNCF

Railway Station

Mythical trains

SNCF depot

Service Equipment and Traction.

Service Equipment and traction is to provide locomotives for hauling freight trains and passenger.

Its Missions.

EQUIPMENT

Manage the fleet of locomotives.

Maintenance of its locomotives.

Put its available locomotives for freight trains and passenger.

Make available its pure locomotive trains, special trains.

On the depot, there are ways of entry and exit of the bridges by rotating machinery, bridges ferries, water slides.

---- A 141 P ready ------------------- The departure Locomotives filing -----

THE MATERIAL: THE WORKSHOP

Headed by a foreman assisted by deputies, who under his secretaries, administrative officers, heads of the team, he is responsible for repairing locomotives.

Each locomotive is followed for its regular maintenance and repairs.

A part of its records of miles, it triggers the lifting, the regularly review its technical controls.

The visit of a locomotive is to detach his while, and move it forward until the pit. It is take by the actuators to lift it after removing the brake rigging, suspension. The drive rods are removed, the axles and their boxes are removed.

The axles are sent to the filing of Sotteville-les-Rouen to re-bandage.

On the locomotive, everything is reviewed by boilermakers, fitters: grid home, piston engines, distributors, internal tubes of the boiler, the valve is disassembled, as corrected, the Crank drive, pads, boxes axle.

Tenders for these checks are carried out by other teams.

In the workshop, all materials necessary for its work is used: forges, anvils, drills, milling, boring .....

In general, the entire staff comes to work either on foot or bike to work days to 40 hours after release and in a very noisy machine tools.

 

--- Group of the SNCF Workers ----------------------------- Axles ------------------------

Traction. Rolling peronnel

Head of the depot acts as liaison between the roller and the repair of locomotives.

The planning officers conduct called "The Leaf" is in the office where the deputy chiefs of station 's relay 24 d 24 h to establish timetables on the week of all freight trains and passenger.

Different teams take is rolling the various services (regular or reserve (on call quickly).

Each agent includes a train number, the machine, the times of departure, routes and they come to seek information on the track, the anomalies, the work in progress, signals.

In return, everyone should note the deficiencies found during their journey, repairs to the locomotives. Before leaving the machine, the mechanic goes around and checks each lubrication point, firm pointers lubrication.

Prior to the service engineer should inspect any hazards that may occur on the way (work, signage, limitations)

Each engineer holds his machine, he must take care of the mesh and engineer is one who has known the "spoiled" in the astiquent in the households to avoid repairs. .He proceeded to clean the pipes and it is one whose brass will shine as he does the admiration of those peers.

From all this information recorded on their chart of service delivered before end of their service in their personal cases, the administrative department to prepare their payslips.

Once their service is complete, the team may be missing a few days.

If the end of service does not in the place of residence of the agent, it may go by a train passenger train regular or "high foot" that is to say that it was only with the locomotive (no cars).

The mechanicians and foreign drivers were eligible for filing of a bed, toilet, showers, washbasins and prepare their meals in the building attached to the filing.

A reserve team is ready to face any eventuality (trains not planned departure ...)

 

 

------------ "The Leaf" ------------------------------- Inspection anomalies --------------

TRACTION: Personnel filing

In the depot, janitorial staff maintains the fire engines, the management of coal, sablerie, emptying pits.

The role of a special brigade to ensure supplies of coal, oil, unloading cars, maintenance of locomotives.

Put its available locomotives for freight trains and passenger.

Make available the pure locomotive trains, special trains.

On the depot, there are ways of entry and exit of the bridges by rotating machinery, bridges ferries, water slides.

 

 

----- The turntable -------------------------------- Locomotives ready ------