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Bangladesh Railway Class 6600

Bangladesh Railway Class 6600

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Bangladesh Railway Class 6600 is a class of 1,676 mm gauge diesel-electric locomotives owned by Bangladesh Railway. There are 40 locomotives of this class, all designed and manufactured by American company Progress Rail's Electro-Motive Diesel subsidiary. Class 6600 locomotives are used on both freight and passenger trains. Those are the strongest and most advanced broad-gauge locomotives in the Bangladesh Railway.[1][2][3]

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Loco 6602 moving a train.

In 2019, Bangladesh Railway ordered broad-gauge diesel-electric locomotives from American manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel for ৳ 1,123.5 crore. The model of Class 6600 locomotives is EMD GT42ACL. These are equipped with the EM2000 microprocessor control and AC traction motors. The prime mover is 12N-710G3B-EES and wheel arrangement Co-Co. The power is 3,250 hp. The EM2000 microprocessor control has excitation and load control, adhesion control, engine control, diagnostic system and archived unit history data.[1][2][3]

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  1. [1]
    "Progress Rail and Bangladesh Railways Sign Agreement". Progress Rail. 5 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Bangladesh taps Progress Rail for GT Series power". Railway Age. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 15 February 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    "8 broad gauge railway engines reach Chattogram from USA". The Business Standard. 6 March 2021. Archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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