Locomotive from US to join CMRL train
Posted on: 11/Jul/2013 4:24:10 PM
The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will receive a diesel engine from the United States over the next few months. This consignment follows one from Sao Paolo in Brazil that consisted of the train, which is now in the Koyambedu depot.
‘The company would be importing 700 horse power diesel locomotive from the United States in a couple of days. The shunting engine will be received within the next couple of days from the United States depending on its sailing status. The locomotive is a state-of-the-art machine that is fuel efficient up to 40 per cent when compared to the conventional diesel engines and would reduce emission up to 70 per cent… The engine was compatible to Euro III-A standards and would be handy for shunting purposes, besides emergency operations. The locomotive could be used when there was a power failure in the metro rail grid to pull out the rakes stranded in the tunnel or in the elevated stretch. Since it runs on diesel, it will be quite handy. This is the first of its kind. Usually other metros have battery-operated locomotives’, said an official from the National Railway Equipment Company (NREC).
