Bangladesh Railway Class 7000
Bangladesh Railway Class 7000 is a class of broad–gauge (1,676 mm) diesel–hydraulic locomotives of Bangladesh operated by Bangladesh Railway. Total 20 locos of this class entered the fleet of Bangladesh Railway in 1980.
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Builders details
Class 7000 locos were manufactured by the Ganz-MÁVAG of Hungary. These 20 locos came to Bangladesh all in a single phase.
Technical details
Class 7000 locos are the first diesel–hydraulic locos of Bangladesh, along with the class 3200 locos. They are also the only diesel–hydraulic broad gauge loco. Their power is 500 hp and can achieve speed up to 60 km/h. These locos were considered one of the most unsuccessful loco class of Bangladesh. As of 2020 (40 years later), no locos of this class are active. No locos were preserved.
Besides class 7000, 22 class 3200 and 38 class 3300 locos were produced for Bangladesh Railway. So, Bangladesh had a total 80 diesel–hydraulic locos.[1] These three loco class has much similar specifications. There are some differences like, the other two are meter–gauge and they had different power.
Classification and numbering
The number-series/class of these locos is 7000 and are numbered from 7001 to 7020. Their class-name/specification is "BHZ–5".[2][3] Here, B = Broad–gauge, H = Diesel–hydraulic, G = Ganz-MÁVAG and 5 = 5 × 100 = 500 hp.
Usage
Upon introduction, class 7000 locos were used only for shunting.
Liveries
- Red with white stripes (no longer used)
- Blue
References
- "Railway goes backward". The Daily Star. 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- "3 Analysis of Problems" (PDF). railway.portal.gov.bd.
- "Final Report on Rolling Stock Maintenance" (PDF). Asian Development Bank.
