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Sri Lanka Railways M9
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka ·built by Alstom· from 2000· class of 10 Sri Lanka diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class M9 Loco: Lanil Marasinghe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class M9: Lanil Marasinghe· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Sri Lankan Railways M9 locomotive is a mainline 6 axle Co'Co' diesel electric locomotive built by Alstom (manufacturers code AD 32C) and imported in 2000 for the Sri Lanka Railways. The locomotives initially had both electrical and mechanical problems, and several were out of service for several years. In 2010 the process of returning the fleet to service began.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 26 years ago, in 2000.
- 2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2000
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Sri Lanka Railways
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 2.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 101 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7585953, Wikipedia: Sri Lanka Railways M9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.