The Madhepura electric loco-motive factory, set up four years ago to change the economic landscape of northeastern Bihar, has rolled out nearly 200 electric locomotives of 12,000 horsepower (HP).
These locomotives are engineered to run at a speed twice that of regular locomotives.
Thanks to this facility, the Indian Railways is in an elite club of locomotive manufacturing utilities; India is only the sixth country to produce such high-power electric locomotives.
The locomotives or rail engines manufactured at the Madhepura factory have been termed “WAG 12 [8.9 MW (megawatt)]” and are designed for hauling freight of around 6,000 tonnes at a speed of 120 km per hour.
Under the Make-in-India initiative, the locomotive factory sprawling 300 acres in Chakla Srirampur village on the western fringes of Madhepura town was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in April 2018.
The Madhepura Electric Locomotive Private Limited (MELPL) is a joint venture of the railways and French giant Alstom SA and has been developed utilising an estimated outlay of Rs 2,000 crore.
The factory rolled out the first high-power locomotive, WAG 12 bearing the number 60027, for its maiden trial from Pt Deendayal Upadhaya Junction to Barwadih via Dehri on Sone on May 18, 2020.
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