The Pakistan Railways (PR) and General Electric (GE) signed a deal for the supply of 55 diesel-electric locomotives. Under the agreement, GE would deliver five locomotives in completely built units (CBU) by the end of November next year. The remaining CBU locomotives would reach Pakistan by April 2017.
The locomotives of 4000-4500 horsepower would be the highest capacity locos the PR ever had.
“Within three years or so, these locomotives would recover their cost of Rs500 million (USD 5 million) per unit. The basic purpose to procure such high-capacity locomotives is to transport coal for coal-fired power plants under construction in Punjab,” said Minister for Railways Khwaja Saad Rafique.
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