Locomotives of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Railway Class 6600 is the latest class of broad-gauge locomotive of the Bangladesh Railway

In the rail transport system of Bangladesh, diesel locomotives are used by Bangladesh Railway. Among diesel locos, there are diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulic locos. Besides diesel locos, steam locos were used in the past, but now they are no longer used. By gauge, there are narrow-gauge (762 mm), meter-gauge (1,000 mm) and broad-gauge (1,676 mm) locos in Bangladesh. Among them, as no narrow-gauge railroads are active, so the narrow-gauge locos are not used anymore.

Bangladesh Railway Class 3000 is the latest class of meter-gauge locomotive of the Bangladesh Railway

As of 2020, total 476 meter-gauge and broad-gauge diesel locos (including the old 11 class 3000 locos) have been imported in Bangladesh. Most of them are diesel-electric, but 80 locos are diesel-hydraulic. Among the 476 locos, 349 are meter-gauge and 127 are broad-gauge.[1] All diesel-hydraulic locos were produced by Ganz-MÁVAG of Hungary. Various companies produced the diesel-electric locos, notable among them are Progress Rail, Hyundai Rotem, DLW, GMD, ALCO and MLW.[2][3][4][5]

Diesel locomotives

Meter-gauge diesel locomotives

Class

series

Class

name

Builder Model Nos. Numbering First

introduced

Power

(hp)

Speed

(km/h)

Base Image
2000 MEG-11 GMD B12 40 2000–2039 1953 1125 100 CGPY
2100 GEU-14 GE UM13C 10 2101–2110 1964 1,370 103 ?
2200 MEG-9 GMD GL8 41 2201–2241 1961 875 124 CGPY
Kamalapur
Pahartali
Parbatipur
2300 MEM-14 MLW DL535A/RSD-30 24 2301–2324 1969 1400 96 Kamalapur
Parbatipur
2400 12 2401–2412 1978
2500 MEH-14 Hitachi HFA13A 18 2501–2518 1982 1400 96 Kamalapur
2600 MEG-15 GMD GT18LA-2 16 2601–2616 1988 1500 107 Pahartali
2700 MEL-15 Henschel
Adtranz 		JT18U6 21 2701–2721 1994 1500 107 Pahartali
2800 MED-14 BLW DL535A/
RSD-30
(YDM 4BR) 		10 2801–2810 1996 1400 96 ?
2900 MEI-15 Hyundai
Hyundai Rotem 		GT18LA-2 39 2901–2939 1999 1500 107 Kamalapur
Pahartali
Parbatipur
3000
MEI-20 Hyundai Rotem GT38ACL 30 3001–3030 2020 2200 140 Kamalapur
Pahartali
3100 MEE-5 English Electric EEU-6 26 3101–3126 1973 550 56 Pahartali
3200 MHZ-5 Ganz-MÁVAG DHM 10 22 3201–3222 1980 590 60 Dewanganj
3300 MHZ-8 Ganz-MÁVAG DHM 12 38 3301–3338 1983 800 72 Bonarpara

Broad-gauge diesel locomotives

Class

series

Class

name

Builder Model Nos. Numbering First

introduced

Power

(hp)

Speed

(km/h)

Base Image
6000 BEA-20 Alco DL543/RSD-34 18 6000–6017 1965 2000 106 Ishwardi
6100 BEM-20 MLW DL543/RSD-34 16 6101–6116 1969 2000 106 Ishwardi
6200 BEH-24 Hitachi HFA26A 12 6201–6212 1980 2450 ? Ishwardi
6300 BEB-22 Bombardier MX 624 12 6301–6312 1980 2200 105 Ishwardi
6400 BED-26 BLW DL560C
(WDM 2B) 		10 6401–6410 2001 2600 120 Ishwardi
BLW DL560C
(WDM 2CA) 		3 6411–6413 2004 2600 120 Ishwardi
6500 BED-30 BLW DL560C
(WDM 3A) 		26 6501–6526 2012 3100 120 Ishwardi
BED-33 BLW DL560C
(WDM 3D) 		30 6527–6556 2020 3300 160 Ishwardi
6600 BEP-32 Progress Rail GT42AC 40 6601–6640 2021 3250 140 Ishwardi
7000 BHZ-5 Ganz-MÁVAG DHM 9 20 7001–7020 1980 500 60 Dewangonj

List of preserved Diesel locomotives

Class Loco no. Location Builder Build no. Transmission Engine type Gauge
MEG-11 2000 Diesel Workshop, Pahartali, Chittagong General Motors Diesel A443 Diesel-electric Two-stroke Metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
MHZ-8 3309 Central Locomotive Workshop, Parbatipur, Dinajpur Ganz Mavag, Budapest, Hungary Diesel-hydraulic Metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
MHZ-8 3332 Saidpur Works, Nilphamari Ganz Mavag, Budapest, Hungary Diesel-hydraulic Metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Steam locomotives

First ever steam locomotive of Bangladesh

A small number of steam locomotives are preserved in Bangladesh.[6]

Location Class Builder Wheel
arrangement 		Gauge Image
Dhaka Railway HQ YD 718 Nippon 2-8-2 Metre gauge
Saidpur Works CS 15 W. G. Bagnall, England 2-4-0T Narrow Gauge 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Saidpur Works SGC-2 240 Vulcan Foundry, England 0-6-0 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Paksay Railway HQ CB 8 Vulcan Foundry, England 2-4-0T Narrow Gauge 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Pahartoli Works CB 7 Vulcan Foundry, England 2-4-0T Narrow Gauge 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Rajshahi Railway HQ HPS 30 Vulcan Foundry, England 4-6-0 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
National Scout Training Center, Mouchak, Gazipur RC 233 Metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge locomotives are from the Rupsa-Bagerhat railway which was the only 2 ft 6 in gauge line in East Pakistan when colonial India was partitioned in 1947. It was re-gauged to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) gauge in 1970.

References

  1. ^ মেয়াদোত্তীর্ণ ইঞ্জিনে চলছে ট্রেন | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ "ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS" (PDF). Bangladesh Railway. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. ^ "DLW bags order for 16 locomotives from Bangladesh Railways". Global Rail News. 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh Railway orders Progress Rail locomotives". International Railway Journal. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh taps Progress Rail for GT Series power". Railway Age. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Preserved Steam Locomotives in Bangladesh". Internationalsteam.co.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2017.