

Each of these six production units is headed by a General Manager, who also reports directly to the Railway Board. Over the years, Indian Railways has not only achieved self-sufficiency in production of rolling stock in the country but also exported rolling stock to other countries. Popular rolling stock builders such as CLW and DLW for electric and diesel locomotives ICF and RCF for passenger coaches are Production Units of Indian Railways. Indian Railways manufactures much of its rolling stock and heavy engineering components at its six manufacturing plants, called Production Units, which are managed directly by the Ministry. It is the world's second largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.36 million employees As for rolling stock, IR owns over 219,931 (freight) wagons, 51,030 coaches and 8,889 locomotives. The railways traverse the length and breadth of the country and carry over 30 million passengers and 2.8 million tons of freight daily. It has the world's fourth largest railway network after those of the USA, Russia and China. of total track over a route of 63,974 kilometres (39,752 mi) and 7,083 stations. Indian Railways has 113,617 kilometres (70,598 mi).

It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. ), is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रे ऱ Bhāratīya Rail), abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे. REPORT ON SUMMER TRAINING AT DLW, VARANASIīy: Himanshu Singh MIE 7th semester Dronacharaya college of engg.
