DLW is an integrated plant and its manufacturing facilities are flexible in nature. These can be utilized for manufacture of different design of.
It is a production unit owned by Indian railways, for which it manufactures diesel–electric locomotives and its spares parts. To meet the increased transportation needs of the Indian railways it was established in collaboration with ALCO( American Locomotive Company), USA in 1961. DLW rolled out its first locomotive three years later, on January 3, 1964. It manufactures locomotives. • Got its first ISO certification in 1997 and ISO-9001 and ISO-14001 in December 2002. With technology transfer agreement from manufacturers such as GM-EMD, DLW today produces advance locomotives having output range from 2600 to 4000 hp. At present the latest locomotive produced by DLW; i.e.
WDG 5 has capacity upto 5000 HP & trying to make it 5500 HP. It has supplied locomotives to other countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Tanzania and Vietnam etc. DLW is supplying locos to PSU’s & Industries Like NTPC, COAL, INDOGULF etc. • Some factS about dieSel electric locomotive DLW’s annual production - 250 Cost of one loco - 12 to 14 crore (EMD) 8 crore (Alco) Weight of one Loco - 121 Ton Fuel Consumption; At Full Load - 540 lt/hr. Idle Load - 40 lt/hr. Speed - 160 Km/hr. Dia of Wheel - 1092 mm Wheel to Wheel Distance - 1596.5 mm Length of Under Frame - 19962 mm • dieSel electric locomotive In a diesel-electric locomotive, the diesel engine drives an electrical generator or alternator whose output provides power to the traction motors.