Diesel Locomotive Works

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The Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi, India, is a production unit owned by Indian Railways, for which it manufactures diesel-electric locomotives and spare parts.

Founded in 1961, the DLW rolled out its first locomotive three years later, on January 3, 1964. It manufactures locomotives which are variants based on the original ALCO designs dating to 1960s and the GM EMD designs of the 1990s. DLW locomotives have power outputs ranging from 2,600 to 4,000 hp.

It has supplied locomotives to other countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tanzania and Vietnam and also to a few users within India, such as large power plants.

Currently DLW is producing EMD GT46MAC and EMD GT46PAC locomotives under license from Electro-Motive Diesels (formerly GM-EMD) for Indian Railways.