Question

The Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at _____?
a. Varanasi
b. Kolkata
c. Chitranjan
d. Jamshedpur

Answer 1

Hint:
The Diesel Locomotives is basically the fleet of trains of Indian Railways that works on diesel along with CNG.


Complete solution:
The Diesel Locomotives Works is situated in Varanasi.
The Indian Railways operates a fleet of diesel and electric locomotives, along with several compressed natural gas (CNG).

The Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) in Varanasi is a production unit of Indian Railways. It stopped manufacturing Diesel locomotives back in March 2019 as Indian Railways is moving towards complete electrification of the rail network. As of now, BLW produces only electric locomotives WAP-7 (Passenger) & WAG-9 (Freight). It’s the largest diesel-electric locomotive manufacturer here in India.

A locomotive is also known as an engine. The country's first steam locomotive ran on the Red Hill Railway from Red Hills to the Chintadripet bridge in Madras in 1837.

Railway companies in the 19th century ordered custom-built locomotives from British manufacturers. The multiplicity of similar but non-identical designs increased manufacturing cost slowing production. During the 1890s, Indian railway companies looked to Germany and the United States for locomotives.

DLW locomotives have power outputs ranging from 2,600 horsepower to 5,500 horsepower. DLW now produces WAP-7 and WAG-9 for Indian Railways. Some of its EMD locomotive products are WDP-4D, WDG-4D and others as of June 2015.


Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
Besides the Indian Railways, DLW regularly exports diesel-electric locomotives and has supplied engines or locomotives to countries such as Nepal, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Mal, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Senegal and Vietnam. It also transports to a few users within India, such as ports, large power and steel plants and private railways.