WDG-4G: AMERICAN FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE ON INDIAN RAILWAYS
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The WDG-4G (Wide/broad Gauge Diesel Goods/freight, Class 4G) is a class of 4,500 HP Diesel-electric freight locomotive developed by GE Transportation based on its existing Evolution Series of locomotives for Indian Railways. The locomotives will be manufactured in a newly constructed factory, Diesel Locomotive Factory, Marhowra, in Bihar. They will be used exclusively for freight hauling and will replace the existing fleet of old Alco locomotives. They will also feature the most fuel efficient diesel engine(GEVO) used till now by Indian Railways. For driver's comfort, cabs will have air conditioning and toilets, unlike those produced earlier in India.
Seen in my video is one such USA-built locomotive based at Roza, WDG4G 49064, hauling a load of flat-cars and containers through Palam Station, Delhi, on September 8, 2019. The first locomotive rolled out GE's Erie plant on 3 August 2017 with the orange and yellow paint livery. General Electric’s first diesel locomotive arrived in India on October 11, 2017 from the US. According to the contract, first 100 locomotives to be imported or assembled using imported kits and the rest 900 be built in India with 70% Indian content.
