Sri Lanka Railways M7
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Class M7 Locomotive | |||||||||||||||
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Class M7 is a type of diesel-electric locomotive built for Sri Lanka Railways by Brush Traction, UK, and imported in 1981. This locomotive has the shortest length, least power and least weight compared to other diesel locomotives of Sri Lanka.[1]
Three locomotives (803, 813, 814) were painted in a special color scheme and later was painted in normal livery.
In 1999 M7 locomotive No. 803 met with an accident and was seriously damaged and condemned.