Banaras Locomotive Works

Banaras Locomotive Works
Type	Electric locomotive production unit
Industry	Electric locomotive
Predecessor	Diesel Locomotive Works
Founded	23 April 1956
Headquarters	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Key people	Basudev Panda
Products	WAP-7 ; WAG-9
Owner	Indian Railways

The Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), formerly Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), is an Indian state-owned production unit of Indian Railways situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. DLW was renamed BLW in 2020.^[2]

History

Founded in 1956 as the DLW, it manufactured locomotives which are variants based on the original ALCO-built WDM-2. Since 2002, it started the manufacture of EMD 710 based high horsepower (4000 HP+) locomotives - The WDG-4 (EMD GT46MAC), WDP-4 (EMD GT46PAC), and its variants. In July 2006, it outsourced manufacture of some locomotives to Parel Workshop, Central Railway, Mumbai.^[3] DLW was renamed BLW in October 2020.^[2]. In 2012, it built a locomotive powered by the 20-cylinder 710 engine (based on the EMD SD80MAC). This locomotive would be the 5500 HP WDG-5 (EMD GT50AC)

In March 2019, it developed the country's first bi-mode locomotive, the WDAP-5. BLW today produces primarily the electric locomotives WAP-7 & WAG-9.^[4]

Market

Besides the Indian Railways, BLW regularly exports locomotives to other countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Angola, Mozambique, and Vietnam and also to a few users within India, such as ports, large power and steel plants and private railways.^[4]^[5]

Products

Electric locomotives

Name	Wheel Arr	Built year(s)	Power	Current Status
WAP-7	Co-Co	2000–present	6350 HP	In service
WAG-9	Co-Co^[6]	1996–present	6125 HP	In service

References

↑ "Govt appoints five new general managers in Railways". The New Indian Express. 30 October 2017.
1 2 "DLW to be now known as Banaras Locomotive Works". The Times of India. 31 October 2020.
↑ Verma, Kalpana (19 August 2008). "Engine manufacturing unit at Parel a boon for Rlys". Indian Express. Retrieved 14 January 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
1 2 "Welcome to BLW Official Website". blw.indianrailways.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
↑ "Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman & CEO, Railway Board flags off 40th 6,000 HP Electric Loco from Banaras Loco Works (BLW), Varanasi". pib.gov.in.
↑ "GTO to IGBT Upgrade - WAG-9 Co-Co". cafpower.com. CAF Power & Automation. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

External links

Company website Archived 14 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine

25°17′32″N 82°57′35″E / 25.29227°N 82.95962°E / 25.29227; 82.95962

[1] "Govt appoints five new general managers in Railways". The New Indian Express. 30 October 2017.

[auto1-2] 1 2 "DLW to be now known as Banaras Locomotive Works". The Times of India. 31 October 2020.

[3] Verma, Kalpana (19 August 2008). "Engine manufacturing unit at Parel a boon for Rlys". Indian Express. Retrieved 14 January 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[auto-4] 1 2 "Welcome to BLW Official Website". blw.indianrailways.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

[5] "Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman & CEO, Railway Board flags off 40th 6,000 HP Electric Loco from Banaras Loco Works (BLW), Varanasi". pib.gov.in.

[6] "GTO to IGBT Upgrade - WAG-9 Co-Co". cafpower.com. CAF Power & Automation. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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Authority control databases
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