<P> The planners of the nation with their prudence planned to set up a loco building factory in the eastern part of a country . In the late 1930s, a committee consisting of M / s Humphries and Shrinivasan was constituted to consider the possibility of establishing a locomotive manufacture unit and its economic facilities . The initial project at Chandmari, a place east to Kalyani in the state of West Bengal, could not mature due to partition, which inevitably necessitated a change of site . This present site at Chittaranjan was chosen after a fresh survey and for this the approval of Railway board was obtained in 1947 . Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) started producing locomotives from the year 1950, the same year the township was formally established. Starting with steam engines, CLW now produces state - of - the - arts Electrical engines capable of running at 160 km / h and upgradable up to 225 km / h . </P> <Ul> <Li> WAP - 7: 6120 hp, 25 kV AC, Broad Gauge (B.G.), passenger locomotive, 140 km / hr, 3 - phase technology . </Li> </Ul> <Li> WAP - 7: 6120 hp, 25 kV AC, Broad Gauge (B.G.), passenger locomotive, 140 km / hr, 3 - phase technology . </Li> <Ul> <Li> WAP - 5: 5440 hp, 25 kV AC, Broad Gauge (B.G.), passenger locomotive, 160 km / hr / 200 km / hr, 3 - phase technology </Li> </Ul>

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