Bangladesh Railway Class 6600

Bangladesh Railway Class 6600 is a class of 1,676 mm gauge diesel-electric locomotives owned by Bangladesh Railway. There are 40 locomotives of this class, all designed and manufactured by American company Progress Rail's Electro-Motive Diesel subsidiary. Class 6600 locomotives are used on both freight and passenger trains. Those are the strongest and most advanced broad-gauge locomotives in the Bangladesh Railway.

Details
In 2019, Bangladesh Railway ordered broad-gauge diesel-electric locomotives from American manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel for ৳ 1,123.5 crore. The model of Class 6600 locomotives is EMD GT42ACL. These are equipped with the EM2000 microprocessor control and AC traction motors. The prime mover is 12N-710G3B-EES and wheel arrangement Co-Co. The power is 3,250 hp. The EM2000 microprocessor control has excitation and load control, adhesion control, engine control, diagnostic system and archived unit history data.