Jörg Schindowski photo / Stumpf Collection
SLR rosters 14 units of the 1700HP class M4 's, built by MLW in 1975.
| 746 (SLR class M4), a broadgauge MX620 with wide cab, rounds a
curve near Bentote, 26.09.94
Jörg Schindowski photo / Stumpf Collection SLR rosters 14 units of the 1700HP class M4 's, built by MLW in 1975. |
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Another view of 746 "Namanukula" waiting
at Kurunegala with the southbound "Rajarata Rajini" express,
1999. Apparently the cab front was rebuilt, the two front windows are
now of the same size.
Darwin Smith photo |
Darwin Smith reports:
In 1996 eight Indian WDM-2 locomotives were imported. These are their
details (less one number)
Class M8
Co-Co
Manufacturer: Diesel Locomotive Works, India
Introduced: 1996
Engine: Alco based V-16 of 2,600 bhp
Transmission: Electric
842 843 844 845 846 847 848
Total: 8
A smaller version of these loco's was delivered to Puttalam Cement Works
in 1997. I have no further details of this.
| Class M8 no. 845 is hauling a passenger train at Mt. Lavinia on the
Southern Coast Line on 12 May 2003. Navaratnarajah Senthilkumaran photo |
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