Bhopal: Made under the flagship programme "Made in India" of the union government, Indian Railways' most powerful 12000 HP locomotive reached here for the first time on Wednesday.
Built by French company Alstom at the Railways' Madhepura factory in Bihar, these engines are the most powerful locomotives that have started running on the Indian rails.
The locomotive is capable of working on railway tracks with conventional OHE lines as well as on Dedicated Freight corridors with high rise OHE lines. The locomotive has air-conditioned driver cabs on either side.
It is also equipped with a regenerative braking system which provides substantial energy savings during operations.
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As part of the largest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) project of the Indian Railways, the Ministry of Railways and Alstom inked a Joint Venture worth Rs 25,000 crore in 2015.
The overall project is for manufacturing of 800 double-section electric locomotives of 12000 HP for freight service and its associated maintenance for a period of 11 years.
The scope also includes setting up of a manufacturing plant at Madhepura (Bihar) for building the e-locos and two maintenance depots at Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Nagpur, Maharashtra.
