New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday determined to flagged the export of locomotive before the Marhowarh factory in Saran for Guinea in West Africa, which indicates the NDA government-Emphasis on accelerating economic activities in the central and state-bounds in the center and state.Officials of the Ministry of Railways said that in the 150 Make in India Evolution Series (ES43ACMI) Guinea, a price of more than Rs 3,000 crore is being constructed for Simandau Iron Ore Project at Simar’s Simandau Iron Ore Project. Simando will be Africa’s largest mining project. “In the current financial year, 37 locomotives will be exported, another 82 locomotives will be sent in 2026-27 and the remaining 31 locomotives in the third year,” said an official.Although the Marhowa Diesel Locomotive Factory (DLF) was announced by the then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, it remained inactive. Spread over 70 acres, the factory was indigenously established in 2018 to manufacture 1,000 state -of -the -art locomotives. The annual production capacity of the factory exceeds 100 locomotives.The contract for exporting locomotives was given to Wabtec Locomotive Private Limited, a joint venture between Indian Railways and US-based Wabtec Corporation. All these locomotives will have AC cabs. Each locomotive will have a single cab. Two locomotives can simultaneously carry the load of 100 wagons with maximum permissible speed. “For the manufacture of these locomotives, three types of track – broad gauge, standard gauge and cape Guay have been placed in the Marhowarah campus,” said another railway official.Officials said that with the Indian Railway Network receiving full electrification, there is a huge scope for export of diesel loco in countries where there is a demand. “This is an opportunity to increase the export of loco -matching loco matches with the best standard worldwide. For Bihar, it will be a big milestone.”
