Coaches and numbers

A new report about gangs stealing coaches from Ranchi is simply inaccurate. However, with multiple marshalling yards in Delhi, coaches could have got misplaced

Indian Railway (IR) coaches will look better, inside and outside. Thirty thousand ICF (Integral Coach Factory) coaches will be coloured beige and brown, the first being the Delhi-Pathankot Express (22429). No one pays much attention to the exterior, the livery, of rolling stock – locomotives, wagons and coaches. Understandably, passenger comfort is about the inside, not the outside. Many years ago, all coaches used to be dull maroon, the colour of rust. One still sees them here and there, on trains less than special. Then IR switched from vacuum brakes to air brakes, the latter being superior. ICF coaches with