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This Video Features About The Current Condition Of Vande Bharat Express Also Known As Train 18 ABOUT TRAIN 18:-
Vande Bharat Express , also known as Train 18,is an Indian semi-high speed intercity electric multiple unit. It was designed and built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur, Chennai under the Indian government's Make in India initiative over a span of 18 months. The unit cost of the first rake was given as ₹100 crore (US$14 million), though the unit cost is expected to go down with subsequent production.At the original price, it is estimated to be 40% cheaper than a similar train imported from Europe.The train was launched on 15 February 2019,by which date a second unit will have been produced and readied for service. The service was named 'Vande Bharat Express' on 27 January 2019

These locomotives were built in Vietnam in 2002 presumably for use on prestige passenger services and were numbered 1001-1002. Only two were built and they seem to have been less than completely successful. As far as is known they are the only locomotives built from scratch in Vietnam. Only one seems to be currently in operation. They seem to have had a lot of trouble with the nose shape. Note the damaged and poorly repaired nose below. I caught a glimpse of one when I was in Saigon in 2009. No idea whether it was operational. The locomotives seem to have been designed to pull coaches painted in the same colour scheme (see images below), but in reality pull anything in the passenger fleet. They look vaguely like the British HST or the Australian XPT power cars, so I wonder if they were designed to 'top and tail' passenger trains the way that the HST and XPT does (see images at bottom of page). I don't think this has ever happened. At least one unit is currently being used on short distance local passenger services around Hanoi often with another class of locomotive at the other end.

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Class-D8E Locomotive
Country of Manufacture-Vietnam
Year Built-2002
Year in service-2003
Number in Class-2
Road Numbers-1001-1002
Length-16577 mm
Width-2860 mm
Height-3910 mm from rail.
Weight-54367 kg (54.3 tonnes)
Maximum Speed-120 kph
Continuous Speed-11.7 kph
Axle load-14 tonnes
Engine-Caterpillar CAT3412E - Made in USA
Engine Rated at:-641 kw/871 hp
Engine type-V12 cylinder
Fuel Tank-1500 litres
Continuous Tractive Effort-105 kn/23600 lbs
Minimum Radius-95/75 metres

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