Engineering

Loco Pilot

NCS CODE: NA | GV014

A loco pilot is a professional who is in charge of operating and driving trains and ensuring that they are properly maintained throughout the whole journey. Aspiring loco pilots enter the railway workforce as assistants and get promoted to senior posts with time and experience. A loco pilot follows railway guidelines, instructions and adheres to regulations that govern the locomotive operation.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Technical Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Physical Fitness
• Teamwork
• Communication Skills
• Stress Management
• Problem Solving

SUCCESS STORY

Surekha Shankar Yadav known as  Surekha Ramchandra Bhosale (born 2 September 1965) is the senior-most female loco pilot (train driver) of the Indian Railways in India,. She became India's first female train driver in 1988. She drove the first "Ladies Special" local train for Central Railways when it was first introduced in the four metro cities by Mamata Banerjee the then Railway Minister, in April 2000. She was a suburban local train motorwoman from 2000 to 2010. She then got promoted to Sr. Loco Pilot Mail in 2010. A momentous event in her career was on 8 March 2011, on International Women's Day, when she became Asia's first woman train driver to drive the Deccan Queen from Pune to CST

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