Production of Railway Workhorse Locmotives
The Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi and the Diesel Loco Modernization Works (DMW), Patiala, have started series production of the upgraded version of 2600 Horse Power (HP) WDM2 diesel locomotives, the workhorse of the Indian Railways.
These high horse power versions of diesel locomotives, developed on the same platform, are of 3300 HP with a corresponding increase in load hauling capacity.
The DLW and the DMW are the two of the six Railway Production Units. The other four Production Units are Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala and Rail Wheel Factory (RWF), Bangalore.
(Release ID :973)