Indian Railway’s new WDG5 Locomotive, supported by Electro-Motive Diesel
High Points
- Electro-Motive Diesel Expands presence in India by bringing fresh tech to the Indian railways.
- Setting up World Class Production Facility at Patli, Gurgaon.
- Opening an Engineering Center of Excellence in Lucknow.
- This upcoming diesel locomotive has an output of 5500 BHP, which makes it the strongest diesel locomotive ever run on the Indian rail network. In combination with its record high tractive effort of 560 KN, it can pull significantly more load at higher speeds, thus enabling Indian Railways to increase the system throughput in the rail network.
- The WDG5 locomotive design is a significant enhancement over the existing high horsepower diesel locomotives currently in use on the Indian Railways. It includes electronic fuel injection, radial grids and high adhesion, lightweight fabricated bogies. It has a modern driver interface and crew-friendly features, such as an air conditioned cab and toilet, which is another first for the Indian Railways fleet.
- This locomotive is the only one that incorporates salient features from International Union of Railways (UIC) and Association of American Railroads (AAR) crashworthiness criteria and is a major step forward in safety.
- Electro-Motive Diesel Expands presence in India by bringing fresh tech to the Indian railways.
- Setting up World Class Production Facility at Patli, Gurgaon.
- Opening an Engineering Center of Excellence in Lucknow.
- This upcoming diesel locomotive has an output of 5500 BHP, which makes it the strongest diesel locomotive ever run on the Indian rail network. In combination with its record high tractive effort of 560 KN, it can pull significantly more load at higher speeds, thus enabling Indian Railways to increase the system throughput in the rail network.
- The WDG5 locomotive design is a significant enhancement over the existing high horsepower diesel locomotives currently in use on the Indian Railways. It includes electronic fuel injection, radial grids and high adhesion, lightweight fabricated bogies. It has a modern driver interface and crew-friendly features, such as an air conditioned cab and toilet, which is another first for the Indian Railways fleet.
- This locomotive is the only one that incorporates salient features from International Union of Railways (UIC) and Association of American Railroads (AAR) crashworthiness criteria and is a major step forward in safety.
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