Mozambique Railways to soon get Diesel Loco sets from Indian Railways
New Delhi: Railways is piloting national and economic empowerment through exports. Mozambique Railways will soon get Diesel Loco sets from Indian Railways. Rail Wheel Factory, Bengaluru has paved the way for exports through swift production of 90 wheels & 45 axles soon to be assembled at DLW, Varanasi.
Note that till the early 1980s, Indian Railways was importing about 55% of the requirement of wheels and axles. Indigenous capacity was available only at Tata Iron & Steel Company [TISCO] and Durgapur Steel Plant [DSP]. The TISCO plant was technically not capable of meeting the changing requirement of wheels and axles for the new designs of rolling stock and production was discontinued.
DSP was only able to partially meet Indian Railways’ needs. The cost of imports was high with prices rising in the world market. Financing of imports, delays in supplies and limited availability of foreign exchange adversely affected wagon production and rolling stock maintenance.
It was in this context that in the early 1970s, the Railway Ministry felt the necessity for setting up a new specialized Production Unit for manufacture of rolling stock wheels and axles as import substitute. The ultimate objective was that DSP and the Rail Wheel Factory [RWF, formerly Wheel & Axle Plant] should be able to totally meet Indian Railways requirement for standard wheels and axles so that their import could be stopped.
Now, the Rail Wheel Factory, situated in Bangalore, Karnataka, is a state-of-the-art plant, meeting bulk of the requirement of wheels, axles and wheelsets for the Indian Railways. The spare capacity available is profitably utilised to meet the domestic demands for non-railway customers and exports. Aside from domestic supply, it will now be exporting Diesel Loco sets to Mozambique.
Rail Wheel Factory, situated in Bangalore, Karnataka, is a state-of-the-art plant, meeting bulk of the requirement of wheels, axles and wheelsets for the Indian Railways
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Indian Railways To Withdraw Over 2,600 Diesel Locomotives And Pave The Way For 100 Per Cent Electrification
Aiming at reduction in emissions and use of fossil fuel in train operation, Indian Railways would phase out over 2,600 diesel locomotives in the next few years, paving the way for 100 per cent electrification in broad gauge routes.
With focus on clean and green energy, the state-run transporter has written to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) with details of an action plan to phase out 2,695 diesel locos from the operation in the next five years.
With Indian Railways targeting complete electrification in broad gauge routes, the national transporter is planning to phase out 2,600 diesel locomotives.
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