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Indian Railways central workshop here has garnered Rs 75 crore as foreign exchange

Indian Railways central workshop here has garnered Rs 75 crore as foreign exchange by exporting 139 surplus meter gauge diesel locomotives after refurbishment to African and South Asian countries.

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Indian Railways central workshop here has garnered Rs 75 crore as foreign exchange by exporting 139 surplus meter gauge diesel locomotives after refurbishment to African and South Asian countries.

Speaking at the Republic Day celebrations, P Mahesh, Chief Workshop Manager, said the 85 year old workshop had been selected by the railway board to carry out periodic over hauling to freight wagons capable of hauling 60 ton plus weightage belonging to all the zonal railways in the country.

With its legendary acumen of the workforce and rich experience in manufacturing locomotives for mountaineering sections like the Darjeeling Railway System and Niligris mountain railway system, the railway board had accorded sanctions to convert a B Class steam loco into oil fired engine to be operated in Neral-Matheran section.

In recent years the workshop had rolled out over 3800 container wagons to meet the requirement of Container Corporation of India. More orders are in the pipeline and the workshop is geared up for these and to adhere to the delivery schedules.

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