ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or IBC - Part 57: Forging firm that supplies Tata, M&M, JCB. Nobody talks about it enoughFor over four decades, one company has been making crankshafts quietly and precisely, supplying customers from Tata Motors to Liebherr to M...
06 May, 2026, 10.44 PM IST
Sebi clears 4 IPOs including Yatayat Corporation and EAAA India AlternativesSebi has approved IPOs for four firms spanning logistics, alternatives, real estate and manufacturing. Companies aim to tap rising demand a...
24 Apr, 2026, 06.24 PM IST
Final batch of two 3,300 HP locomotives manufactured by BLW reach MozambiqueIndian Railways has successfully completed its order of 10 locomotives to Mozambique, with the final two 3,300 HP diesel-electric locomotiv...
20 Apr, 2026, 11.41 AM IST
Western dedicated freight corridor completesIndia's second Dedicated Freight Corridor, the Western DFC, is now complete. A successful trial run on the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal t...
02 Apr, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
Indian Railways will get its most advanced and powerful engine in one month's timeIndia's Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces the imminent launch of a 9,000 HP locomotive, mostly made in India, to enhance freight ...
02 Mar, 2025, 11.05 AM IST
Siemens, India to manufacture 1,200 high-horsepower electric freight locomotives for railwaysThese 9,000-HP locomotives will be the future workhorse for freight operation on the Indian Railways. These locomotives are planned for use...
24 Dec, 2022, 10.14 PM IST
BHEL to supply 6 electric locomotives to NTPC for material handling operationsWhile the traction motors for the locomotives will be supplied from its Bhopal plant, IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) based propu...
25 Apr, 2022, 02.48 PM IST
Railways introduces country's first semi high speed locomotiveThe WAP-5 type electric locomotive, capable of running at 200 kmph, is of 5400 HP capacity and is equipped with propulsion system.
02 Nov, 2018, 01.57 PM IST
Railways to use mathematical formula to maximise loco usage, increase revenueThe railways has a fleet of about 3,300 electric and diesel locomotive passenger trains across the country.
16 Mar, 2018, 03.36 PM IST
Eastern Railway engages two women as Loco Driver and Assistant Loco DriverThis is perhaps the first time that women are being appointed in the field of Electric locomotive operations.
08 Feb, 2018, 04.10 PM IST
France to modernise two stations, manufacture locos in BiharFrance will help modernise Ambala and Ludhiana railway stations and its top company Alstom will manufacture 800 electric locomotives of hor...
25 Jan, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
Railways to manufacture locos that run on diesel, electricityIt will manufacture five dual-mode locomotives of 4500 horse power capacity each at Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi as a pilot project.
17 Jan, 2016, 01.51 PM IST
Railway plants in Bihar to boost manufacturing, jobs: FM Arun JaitleyMarking the first big FDI in the railway sector, the Indian Railways today signed Rs 40,000-crore contracts with GE and Alstom to set up tw...
01 Dec, 2015, 01.07 AM IST
Alstom to manufacture 800 high HP electric locomotives in MadhepuraRailways has issued the Letter of Award for setting up of electric locomotive factory at Madhepura in Bihar to France-based company Alstom.
10 Nov, 2015, 08.22 PM IST
- Electric locomotive with `Amul' branding inaugurated
Western Railway's Vadodara Division had entered into an agreement with Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation for branding of elect...
05 Mar, 2013, 02.31 AM IST
- Railways to procure 200 high HP electric locos for dedicated freight corridor
Railways have decided to procure 200 high horse power (HP) electric locomotives including import of 40 locos from Japan.
10 Aug, 2012, 05.23 PM IST
- China develops more powerful locomotive: state media
A Chinese company has rolled out the first electric locomotive with a hauling capacity of 3,000 passengers, more powerful than ones current...
08 Mar, 2012, 12.51 PM IST