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Seven M9 class locomotives out of order

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Seven out of the ten class M9 Alstom railway engines that the Sri Lanka Railway (SLR) bought in 1997 from France are now out of order and the SLR lacks funds to repair and put them back into use.

SLR bought these railway engines at Rs. 20 million each amidst criticism from engineers. The engines cost more because of the required maintenance.

SLR Technical General Manager D.D. Wijesekara said the engines can be repaired and put back into use once the necessary funds are received.

Source: Colombopage

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    One Response to “Seven M9 class locomotives out of order”

    1. Ranjith Dissanayake Says:
      August 7th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

      M9 Locos are banned from use beyond Navalapitiya. Several derailments running at low speeds, on Curves and Gradients in Upper Division.
      Await my book on “SRI LANKA RAILWAYS”
      Revelations, Resurrection & Renaisance to be published shortly. This book reveals information on misdoings of the past as a lesson for the future.

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