Tags: Locomotive.
Sri Lanka Railways M6 is a class of 16 Diesel-electric locomotives imported to Sri Lanka in 1979. Manufactured by Thyssen-Henschel in Kassel West Germany under licence from Electro-Motive Division of the United States. As an EMD G22M it has a V12 EMD 645 engine rated at 1650 hp (1230 kW). Most are still in service. Very successful in upcountry line since it has flexicoil truck (bogies) and dynamic brakes. Loco numbers 793 and 798 engines were destroyed by LTTE terrorists.
