December 7, 2020: Indian Railways is installing End of Train Telemetry (EoTT) equipment in goods trains, a new system to do away with guard vans and the practice of deploying guards at the end of such trains. This will also ensure the wagons remain intact when the train is moving.
The first EOTT by a US technology giant has been installed in a freight train in East Coast Railway and the detailed test and trial has started. Another equipment will be installed in another train in South East Railway soon. This device is used to establish communication between the locomotive driver and the last wagon of the train to ensure that the train is running with all coaches and wagons as a complete unit.
Source: The Times of India
