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Kalka:The foundry shop of Northern Railway Workshop, Kalka, which was established in 1903 and is functional with a traditional furnace, would soon get a modern electric induction furnace.Informing this, Ratan Lal, Works Manager (WM) Incharge of Railway Workshop said a proposal in this regard had been sent to the higher authorities of the Railway Department.Since its inception, the foundry shop was manufacturing the brake blocks of cast iron for narrow-gauge coaches used in various narrow gauge sections of Northern Railway, engines, Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express. Axel Box covers of Aluminium and of Heritage Steam Engines were also being made in the workshop.After the setting up of new electric induction furnace, the foundry shop of would be able to construct various other components of broad gauge railways. The furnace would definitely improve the efficiency of production work, Lal added.