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Chittaranjan Locomotive Works is a major Indian Railways production unit with a long history of locomotive manufacturing.
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, commonly called CLW, is located at Chittaranjan in West Bengal.
The facility began locomotive production in 1950 with steam locomotives.
As railway technology changed, CLW transitioned from steam to electric locomotive manufacturing.
It has produced numerous important electric locomotive classes and remains one of Indian Railways' major locomotive manufacturing facilities.
India's passenger railway history began on 16 April 1853 with a historic journey between Bombay and Thane.
Electric railway operation in India began in 1925 with a suburban service between Bombay VT and Kurla.
The standard broad-gauge railway track used across most of Indian Railways measures 1,676 millimetres.
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