India has received first of the 1,000 high power diesel electric railway locomotives that are to be supplied by General Electric’s (GE), American industrial giant as a part of $2.5 billion agreement .
The agreement was signed in 2015 with an aim to modernize country’s ageing loco fleet.
The company stated,”GE Transportation today took another important step forward in its partnership with Indian Railways when the first of 1,000 diesel electric Evolution series locomotives arrived at India’s Mundra Port.”
