The Indian Railways will export 18 modern diesel locomotives to Myanmar soon. The engines worth about Rs 2 bn (2.7 million euros) are manufactured at the Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi. The first lot of six locomotives are ready to be shipped next month, while the rest will be delivered by December this year.
The DLW-build locomotives are preferred in Mynamar due to their good hauling capacity and easy maintenance. These locos will be operational with better optimisation of power transfer to the wheel. The locomotives have many other features such as roof-mounted dynamic brake grids, panel-mounted brake system, fabricated bogies, and higher rating traction motors with speed sensing mechanism.
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