IR to produce 2380 locomotives in the next two years

Indian Railways (IR) will produce 2380 locomotive in the next couple of years. According to the revised locomotive production programme approved by the Railway Board, the focus will be on producing WAG9H class of goods locomotives.

The revised programme both production unit wise and loco type wise is as follows:-

Unit	Loco type	FY23 Number of locos	FY24 Number of locos
CLW	WAG9H	450	450
BLW	WAG9H	450	450
Dankuni	WAG9H	90	90
PLW	WAG9H	150	150
Total  WAG 9H		1140	1140
CLW	WAP 7	0	0
BLW	WAP 7	0	0
Dankuni	WAP 7	0	0
PLW	WAP 7	50	50
Total WAP 7		50	50
Grand Total		1190	1190

CLW is Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, BLW is Banaras Locomotive Works and PLW is Patiala Locomotive Works. WAP7 loco is used to haul passenger and mail/express trains while WAG9H loco is used to haul goods trains.