Railways has decided to introduce bio-diesel and CNG engines, the successful laboratory trial of which has already been carried out.
Informing this in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, minister of state for railways K H Muniyappa said trials have been completed on trains and one power car of DMU train has been converted to run on duel fuel mode using CNG and diesel.
Earlier, trial run has also been carried out successfully by Northern Railway on engines hauling local trains.
To another question, he said Railways has decided to set up a rail museum at Shimla at a cost of Rs 47.68 lakh (Rs 4.76 million).
"The plan is under finalisation and the work is being expedited," he said in a written reply.
Railways had earlier also sanctioned establishment of a rail museum in Maharahtra's Lonavala to give a rare peakinto the illustrious past of Indian Railways.
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