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Mumbai made locos to run at Himalaya's foothills
Updated On: 10 November, 2020 07:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B Aklekar
Parel workshop makes fifth narrow gauge loco for Kalka-Shimla Railway Section

The locos are enabled with safety features such as Automatic Emergency Braking, Electronic Speedometer with recorder
After Kangra Valley, the Narrow Gauge railway made in Mumbai loco Parel Workshop are now on their way for hauling passenger and goods trains on the Kalka-Shimla Railway Section of Ambala Division of Northern Railway.
"The Kalka — Shimla Railway is a 2 ft 6 inch (762 mm) gauge railway that runs from Kalka at the foothills of Himalayas to Shimla in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. It runs through the Sub-Himalayan region and rises to a height of 1,400 meters in a route length of 97kms. This is the 5th locomotive out of the order placed for 12 Locomotives on Central Railways (CR) Parel Workshop. The workshop has already manufactured and dispatched four such locos since November 2019. This is the third such Loco manufactured during the lockdown period. The loco was manufactured while adhering to social distancing norms and limited resources due to the prevalent lockdown conditions," CR chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar said.


