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The General Managers (OL), All Indian Railways.

As you are aware, monitoring and liquidating overage arrears of rolling stock is a focus area in the interest or safety of train operations, However, some of the Railways have reported difficulty in ascertaining the age of wagons where the manufacturer's plate is missing, Also computerization of wagon data is becoming cumbersome with development of various versions in a category e.g. BO bogie open wagons BOXN, BOXNHS, BOXNAHA, BOXNCR and BOXNLWare being clubbed together by the computer cell and shown as BOXN in the holding 2. To o\ercome the above-mentioned problems and to facilitate computerization of the wagon data base, a new wagon numbering system has been evolved in consultation with zonal railways. ROSO and C&JS directorate of the Board, 3. As per the new scheme. the \vagon number shall consist of 11 digIts First two digits will indicate 'Type or Wagon' Next two digits will indicate 'Owning Railway' Next two digits will indicate 'Year orManufacture' Next four digits will indicate 'Individual Wa~on Number' and the last digit will be a 'Check digit', Tn)c of
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Ho\\e\er. for the COll\enlence III normal da~-to-da~ use. type of \\agon~ \\ould be stenciled alphabetically ai"o For example. Northern Raih\a~' owned BOXNHS \\agnn no -l5(,7 manufactured in 2003 would be stenciled as
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5. Above mentioned new wagon numbering scheme should be adopted for all newly manufactured wagons, whose marking particulars are issued. by the zonal railways/CONCOR' after the receipt of this letter.

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( A. K. PUTHIA ) Executive Director, Mech. Engg. (Frt.)

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CME(OL)/Alllndian Railways -- for information and necessary action please. COM/Allindian Railways -- for information and necessary action please. GGM(Tech.)/CONCOR -- for information and necessary action please. EDTT(M),ED(C&IS),EDRS(S), Railway Board for information & necessary action please. 5. ED(I&L)/RDSO - to please ensure that wagons owned by priv:ite parties also follow the above numbering scheme henceforth.

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The check digit is the number required to be added to round up to the next multiple of 1O. Check digit is 9 Therefore, the wagon number will be stenciled as :

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Starting from the left, adcall the Characters in the even position. S 1 = C2 + C4 + C6 + C8 + CI0 S 1 = 1+0+6+5+1 = 13 Multiply the sum by 3 to get 3S 1 3S1 = 3 x 13 = 39 Starting from the left, add all the Characters in the odd position. S 2 = C 1 + C3 + C5 + C7 + C9 S2=3+1+1+9+2=16 Add the sum of step 2 to tl-tesum of step 3 to get S4 S4 = 39 + 16 = 55 Round this total (S4) up t(1the next multiple of 10. 55 + 5 = ()O The check digit is the number required to be added to round up to the next multiple of 10 Check digit is 5

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Executive Dil"ector, Merh. Engg. (Frt.)