In 1955 the state owned Ceylon Government Railway now the Sri Lanka Railways manufactured Sri Lanka’s first diesel-electric locomotive using old spares of withdrawn Class S1 power sets. This locomotive was named as Jayanthi and classified Class M3 – 589. The locomotive was put to service in 05th of September 1956.
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