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Sri Lanka Railways M10
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka ·built by Banaras Locomotive Works· from 2012· class of 3+6 Sri Lanka diesel-electric locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class M10: Lanil T Marasinghe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Srilanka Railway M10 ^940 and ^941 at Varanasi - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta (1): Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Srilanka Railway M10 ^940 and ^941 at Varanasi - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta: Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
Class M10 is a mainline diesel-electric locomotive built by Banaras Locomotive Works, India, which is the largest diesel-electric locomotive manufacturer in India, for Sri Lanka Railways and constructed in 2012. M10 is similar in appearance to DLW WDM3D but specifications are somewhat different. This is one of the longest locomotive types in Sri Lanka.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Diesel Electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- builders
- Banaras Locomotive Works
- operators
- Sri Lanka Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 18.7 m
- weight
- 117 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7585949, Wikipedia: Sri Lanka Railways M10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.