Pakistan likely to import railway engines from India

[Sachaydino]

Re: Pakistan likely to import railway engines from India

@Silaaj

Yada yada yada as usual.
Do you even bother to read stuff that you post yourself? This is what you posted a couple of pages ago.

Now open up a dictionary, and look up the word ‘refurbished’. While you are at it, please look up crape as well.

So what’s the big deal. Pakistan Railway had rehabilitated locomotives from Bombardier Canada and purchased knocked down condition from Japan. There is nothing wrong with running of trains with refurbished locomotives with warranty to run for X years of service.

Last GM locomotives were purchased from Germany where engine used was rehabilitated by Brazil and electrical equipment was made in Germany. Similarly Hitachi purchased in the 80’s where refurbished Bombardier Canada ALCO engines were used and electrical equipment was built by Hitachi Japan. Due to global nature of business, railway engine is not made of from one country anymore due to price competition.

The cost of new locomotives is around $2.3 millions, i.e. Rs. 23 crores, according to above report the refurbished cost less than 1/3rd of the price of new locomotives i.e. 7 crores. Pakistan can save millions of $s of foreign exchange with the guarantee to run and maintain them for number of years.