A 70-year-old vs a 30-year-old: LHB coaches perform better than ICF ones

The fatality numbers should be far better and a switch from ICF to LHB (which are safer) was inevitable

Recently (January 19, 2018), the last ICF coach was flagged off and pictures appeared in the media. It was flagged off by P Bhaskar, a senior technician, with Ashwani Lohani (Chairman, Railway Board) present. A lot of stuff appears in the media and must be taken with several pinches of salt. For instance, at the time of this event, there was a media report that the first ICF coach was flagged off on October 2, 1955, by then Prime Minister and Railway Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The date is right, but nothing else. Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned as railway minister (minister