| Company type | Electric locomotive production unit |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electric locomotive |
| Predecessor | Diesel Locomotive Works |
| Founded | 23 April 1956 |
| Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Basudev Panda[1] |
| Products | WAP-7 WAG-9 |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
TheBanaras Locomotive Works (BLW), formerlyDiesel Locomotive Works (DLW), is an Indianstate-owned production unit ofIndian Railways situated inVaranasi,Uttar Pradesh. DLW was renamed BLW in 2020.[2]
Founded in 1956 as theDLW, it manufactured locomotives which are variants based on the originalALCO. In July 2006, it outsourced manufacture of some locomotives to Parel Workshop,Central Railway, Mumbai.[3] DLW was renamed BLW in October 2020.[2]
In March 2019, it developed the country's first bi-mode locomotive, theWDAP-5. BLW today produces primarily theelectric locomotivesWAP-7 &WAG-9.[4]
Besides the Indian Railways, BLW regularly exports locomotives to other countries such asBangladesh,Sri Lanka,Nepal,Mali,Senegal,Tanzania,Angola,Mozambique, andVietnam and also to a few users within India, such as ports, large power and steel plants and private railways.[4][5]
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