Pakistan Locomotive Factory

Pakistan Locomotive Factory Risalpur
پاکستان لوکوموٹو کارخانه رسالپور
State-owned enterprise
Industry Locomotive manufacturing
Founded 1993
Headquarters Risalpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pakistan Locomotive Factory or PLF (Urdu: پاکستان لوکوموٹو کارخانه رسالپور‎), is a manufacturer of locomotives for Pakistan Railways, located in Risalpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The company was established in 1993.[1] A total of 2130 coaches have been manufactured at CFI since 1971. The factory has also rehabilitated (overhauled) 1039 coaches up to 30 June 2015.

History

The factory was established in Risalpur in at a total cost of ₨228.4 million (US$2.2 million). It's function is to manufacture indigenous diesel electric and electric locomotives, thus allowing Pakistan Railways to have less dependency on foreign technology.

Function

The designed production capacity of the factory is 25 diesel electric locomotives per year. The production capacity can however be increased by introducing double shifts. Technology for manufacturing of locomotives have been acquired over the years from Hitachi, General Electric, Atranz and Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works. The factory has manufactured a total of 102 new diesel electric locomotives of 2000-3000 horsepower for Pakistan Railways since 1993. 26 overage locomotive of 2000-2400 horsepower have also been rehabilitated. Different spare parts of locomotives are also being manufactured.

A total of 1052 work orders have been completed for Pakistan Railways, amounting to ₨503.256 million (US$4.8 million). Work orders completed for private sector are 34 in number, amounting to ₨55.875 million (US$530,000) and work orders completed for major repairs of DE locomotives are 138 number amounting to ₨268.660 million (US$2.6 million).

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.pakrail.com/ybook2.pdf
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