the best way to measure mileage of locomotives is in terms of litres/hour rather than litres/km due to highly varying load conditions under which it operates. read more
The mileage of diesel locomotives are different according to their use e.g. Engine used in passenger train, express trains and Goods and Goods carrier train. The mileage of depends upon the number of coach associated with it. read more
Since 1964, it has been manufactured in India by the Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), diesel (D), mixed traffic (M) engine. The WDM-2 is the most common diesel locomotive of Indian Railways. The WDM-2A is a variant of the original WDM-2. read more