Indian Railways to Host 10th International Heavy Haul Association Conference

The Indian Railways is hosting the 10th International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) Conference in New Delhi from 4th to 6th February 2013. The conference is organised once in every four years. The last conference was held in Shanghai China in 2009. 

The Conference is an excellent forum for railway researchers, practitioners, policy makers and industry leaders from all over the world to meet and share their knowledge and experience and perhaps open new frontiers in heavy haul railway operation. 

Heavy haul rail operation has evolved over the years as a technology to transport bulk commodities in large volumes and reduce the unit cost of transportation. Heavy haul envisages increased axle load of 24 tonnes and above. Train lengths have also increase up to 4 km. The trailing train loads vary from 10,000 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes. 

IHHA is a worldwide non government, scientific and technological association of Heavy Haul Railways incorporate in USA and is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in Heavy Haul operation, Engineering, maintenance and technology. India, USA, Canada, Brazil, Russia, China Sweden, South Africa, and Australia are the members of International Heavy Haul Association.