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		<title>Railway carriages rotting away due to lack of locomotives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lack of commitment to improve the country’s railway system has been the bane of the Sri Lanka Railway Department, the All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) alleged.
Chairman, ACREGU, S.P. Vithanage said that due to the lack of hydraulic and power set engines many railway carriages are idling in the railway yards rotting away.
According [...]


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		<title>Ill-fated locomotives that run on money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sri Lankan Railway is beset with two perennial problems: Trains do not operate on scheduled times and the mounting losses occurring in the large-scale purchases of spares and other irregularities continue unabated.
The controversial purchase of the French Alstom engines is a case in point. Eight years ago ten such French engines, each costing Rs. [...]


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		<title>A short journey back from Panadura to Aluthgama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SLRFOLD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I am not a rail commuter I had always a liking to travel by train. When Mr. J. M. Dharmaratne was the Operating Superintendent, on his instructions I travelled in the guard locomotive (as I remember manufacturers were Bayer Peacock of Leeds (subject to correction) from Nanuoya to Badulla and back. Going through Pattipola [...]


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