Brief History MILE STONES Diesel Electric Locomotives

Brief History
MILE STONES

August
1961
DLW set up as a green field project in technical collaboration with ALCO, USA for manufacture of Diesel Electric Locomotives
January
1964
First Locomotive rolled out and dedicated to the Nation
January
1976
Entered Export market, first locomotive exported to Tanzania
December
1977
First Diesel Generating Set commissioned
October
1995
The Transfer of Technology agreement was  signed
March
2002
The first indigenous EMD WDG4 freight loco manufactured
November

2002
3600 HP Engine produced
March
2003
The first indigenous passenger version of EMD loco WDP4 manufactured
September
2003
Development of 16 cylinder 3300 HP Power upgraded DLW engine, WDM3D  locomotive
2006

5000th locomotive produced
November
2006
DLW manufactured first WDG4 locomotive equipped with IGBT based converter
March
2007
First WDP4 locomotive equipped with IGBT based converter
April
2007
DLW has successfully switched over to use of microprocessor based control system on all its locomotives.
March
2009
257 locomotives manufactured in 2008-09, highest ever locomotive production
November
2009
5690 locomotives upto 30th Nov’2009(including 348 EMD locos)