Dual mode shunting locomotive inducted into service
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A battery-operated dual mode shunting locomotive, “Pasumai”, was inducted into service at Erode Railway Junction here on Wednesday.
General Manager of Southern Railway John Thomas flagged off the locomotive in its fleet in the presence of A. Gautam Srinivas, Divisional Railway Manger, Salem Division and other senior officials.
Officials said that the Diesel Loco Shed in Erode had converted the electric locomotive into battery-operated dual model shunting loco. The loco that was commissioned in 1985 served 35 years and was converted so that it can work on both wired and unwired section. While in wired section, the locomotive can work in both modes, while in the unwired section, it can work in battery mode.