ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURES
The railway activity is an activity which brings together very diversified technical and support professions. Technical professions concern rolling stock (motor and towed), fixed installations (tracks, structures, signaling, buildings), operation and organization of transport.
Information systems, Finance, human resources, sales/marketing, communication and general administration are support professions.
Each area of expertise includes several professions exercised by nearly 1,466 employees. Three of them of a technical nature are at the heart of railway activity:
RAIL NETWORK
It was deployed between 1999 and 2002. The projects implemented consisted of carrying out the following works
- Rehabilitation of the Yaoundé - Batchenga section (from KP 275 to KP 319, i.e. 44 km);
- Equipping with 54 Kg rails ;
- Total rehabilitation with wooden sleepers.
CAMRAIL implemented the 7.6 billion FCFA self-financed Emergency Investment Program (PIU) in 1999/2000 and the 34.4 billion FCFA Priority Investment Program (PIP), financed to the tune of 26.7 billion FCFA by donors and 7.7 billion FCFA self-financed, between 2000 and 2005. A total of 42 billion FCFA
These programs were launched in 2002, and were implemented between 2002 and 2007. They focused on the renewal of the Ka'a - Bélabo section (PK 446 to PK 556, i.e. 110 km) with equipment partly in rail of 30 Kg and 54 Kg.
On the Bélabo - Pangar section (PK 556 and PK 697), CAMRAIL carried out reinforcement of the track, by selecting rails and sleepers recovered from the Ka'a - Bélabo section (30 kg), and by carrying out re-ballasting and heavy mechanical tamping. Between Pangar and Ngaoundéré (PK 697 and PK 884), CAMRAIL continued its heavy and routine maintenance operations.
The program involved renewing the Batchenga - Ka'a section (from KP 319 to KP 457, i.e. 138 km); and renewing the entrances and exits to Douala (17 km) and Yaoundé (20 km). In all, more than 350,000 meters of 54-kg rail and laying of bi-block sleepers.
During PQ1, CAMRAIL, with the support of the State, reopened the Ebaka quarry, producing the ballast and double-block sleepers required for the track. The quarry, which is located near Bélabo (4 km), now boasts a drilling rig for extracting and producing aggregates, a crusher, a screening machine and conveyor belts for producing the ballast required for track maintenance and rehabilitation, a reinforcement workshop, a concrete plant and a laying machine for producing bi-block sleepers.
The rehabilitation of 13 metal bridges and one reinforced concrete bridge (3 billion FCFA), the equipment of 6 automated level crossings (600 million FCFA), the general diagnosis of the structures ( 300 million FCFA) and the launch of operations to modernize the signaling system. On the Western network, routine maintenance interventions were carried out.
TRACK MAINTENANCE POLICY
CAMRAIL carries out routine track maintenance (resurfacing, ballasting, tamping, monitoring needles, weeding, tree cutting, ditch cleaning, etc.) as well as partial replacement of rails and sleepers
Expenses incurred for routine maintenance operations, for interventions during track incidents, as well as for replacement operations with reused equipment and materials, are recognized as expenses.
Expenditures incurred for improvement work as well as replacements for new equipment and materials are recorded as investments.
The Concessionaire's interventions have been, since the granting of the concession, all the more important as the track, apart from the sections renewed within the framework of financing from the KFW, the PIP and the PIU, was dilapidated and at the Originally, almost the entire track was based on wooden sleepers, which had a limited lifespan.
CAMRAIL also monitors the track with the assistance of managers of fixed installations, track district managers and track brigade heads, who intervene in accordance with the technical notices and the General Safety Instructions in force at CAMRAIL. Surveillance is carried out according to cases, on foot, on board handrails, on board special track machinery (control railcar), or on board passenger and freight trains. Surveillance tours carried out by track agents are carried out every week on all main tracks.
Maintenance policy
Ensuring quality maintenance daily , guaranteeing your safety and comfort on board our trains - these are the objectives of our maintenance policy. Routine maintenance, general and limited overhauls are the pillars of this policy, which is supported by CAMRAIL's modern workshops.
Engine workshop
The engine workshop is a component of the central workshops located in Bassa. 57 agents work there every day to assemble, adjust and test the sub-assemblies of an engine. They carry out assembly operations; disassembly, inspection, testing, diagnosis, repair, modification or reassembly of the engine as part of a maintenance and repair activity. They complete the control and traceability documents.
This workshop is organized into six units: electricity, mechanics, thermal, assembly, pneumatics, and mechanized machinery.
The engine workshop has seen the renewal of its main production tools: two overhead cranes with a lifting capacity of 60 tonnes each, allowing the simultaneous handling and lifting of a load of up to 120 tonnes; an overhead crane with a lifting capacity of 30 tonnes serving three workshops: Diesel Engine Workshop, Locomotive Bogies Workshop, Mechanical Track Equipment Workshop.
In addition, the workshop benefited from floor treatment and signage and marking of the different work areas, and the reorganization of workstations.
Axle workshop
Also located at Bassa, the wheelset workshop employs 30 operatives whose main responsibility is the reprofiling of wheelsets
In this workshop, each axle is therefore subject to very precise monitoring and constant readings which make it possible to correct the slightest deviation from regulatory measures. The production capacity is 10 axles per day. This promotes equipment availability and reduces the risk of damage and incidents.
Bogie Workshop
The bogie workshop is one of the major components of Bassa's central workshops. Here, 10 employees are organized to detect bogie faults at an extremely early stage and prevent mechanical failure. Bogies are the two-axle components on which the wagon chassis rests.
In 2013, CAMRAIL modernized the bogie workshop to give it a processing capacity of 4 bogies per day. The workshop is organized into work stations: a washing station, a dismantling station, a magnetic particle inspection station (for testing crosspieces, spars, leaf or coil springs) and a welding station.
In this workshop, each axle is therefore subject to very precise monitoring and constant readings which make it possible to correct the slightest deviation from regulatory measures. The production capacity is 10 axles per day. This promotes equipment availability and reduces the risk of damage and incidents.
Metrology workshop
CAMRAIL has set up a metrology workshop which is responsible for the calibration, calibration and control of parts, tools or measuring systems, the implementation of measuring instruments and techniques, and the technical and administrative management of the fleet of measuring devices. It is also here that we observe and apply the quality standards and benchmarks in force. The frequency of measurement operations is monitored using the MAXIMO computer-assisted maintenance management software.
In this workshop, each axle is therefore subject to very precise monitoring and constant readings which make it possible to correct the slightest deviation from regulatory measures. The production capacity is 10 axles per day. This promotes equipment availability and reduces the risk of damage and incidents.
CAMRAIL fosters a culture of safety in all its rail operations (employee adherence to safety policy, holding operational safety meetings, reporting information, applying safety procedures, etc.). The Safety Management Coordination unit ensures that safety checks are carried out effectively, in accordance with standards. To this end, it analyzes safety events within the transport perimeter, prepares and circulates feedback, and ensures the updating and development of the "safety documentation" process within the Transport Division's business lines, as well as the accreditation of safety personnel.
In concrete terms, three pillars have been put in place for safety management: the Safety Policy, the Safety Action Plan, which is drawn up annually and is the operational expression of the Safety Policy, and lastly, the Safety Management Framework, which sets out the organization and process of safety management.
CAMRAIL’S Safety Management System provides for six (06) bodies: the Accident Investigation Office Incident (Weekly) and the Local Safety Committee (Monthly) in coordination; at central level, the Accident Investigation Office Incident or decadal meeting (every 10 days), the Safety Committee (Monthly), the Safety magazine (Quarterly), the Central Incident Commission (Bimonthly) and the Safety Day (Annual). The overall consistency of the documentation system is ensured by the procedure "Mastering the rules relating to the creation and maintenance of regulatory texts
