Bangladesh
Bangladesh 8 engines arrive in Bangladesh from US
Own correspondent, Dhaka, 6 March 2021: 7 broad gauge locomotives (engines) of the first shipment of Bangladesh Railway have arrived in Chittagong port from the United States.
The unloading of the train's engine at the port's berth began on Saturday (March 7) morning.
Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Eastern Railway. Borhan Uddin told banglanews that 40 broad gauge locomotives are being brought from the United States. These will come to the port in 5 steps. 7 came in the first step. He said the broad gauge locomotives were being unloaded from the ship with the help of cranes.
According to railway sources, an agreement was signed in January 2019 with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the purchase of 40 broad gauge locomotives of Bangladesh Railway at a cost of Tk 1,123 crore with Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. of the United States.
According to the agreement, the engines are to be delivered within 36 months. Six months after the agreement, six broad gauge engines arrived in the country in the first shipment. The rest will arrive in four steps. These locomotives will be taken to Pahartali Railway in Chittagong from the port.
At present Bangladesh Railway has 94 broad gauge locomotives. Of these, 55 have expired (as of 20 years). These newly arrived engines will be replaced quickly.
