Railways in Myanma/Burma

Statistics of Governmental Diesel Locomotives

The following tables list statistics of diesel locomotives used by the Governmental Railways of Burma/Myanmar. Statistics for diesel locomotives of Non-Governmental Railways can be found under sub item Non-Gov. Rys.

Class	Type	Qty	Makers
D2D.2201	B'2'B'-dh	6	Mitsubishi (4), Hitachi (2)
DB.210	B-dh	3	unknown
DB.301	B-dh	5	Myanma Railways (4), Daewoo (1)
DC.501	C-dh	10	Kisha Seizo Kaisha
DD.501	B'B'-dh	5	Hitachi
DD.506	B'B'-dh	5	Kawasaki
DD.511	B'B'-dh	12	Kawasaki (10 assembled by Myanma Railways)
DD.901	B'B'-dh	6	Krupp
DD.907	B'B'-dh	7	Kisha Seizo Kaisha
DD.914	Bo'Bo'-de	29	Alsthom
DD.943	B'B'-dh	16	Krupp
DD.959	B'B'-dh	11	Krupp
DD.1101	B'2'-dh	4	Myanma Railways
DD.1111	B'B'-dh	35	Sifang
DD.1201	B'B'-dh	10	Kisha Seizo Kaisha
DD.1211	B'B'-dh	8	Krupp
DD.1501	B'B'-dh	28	Krupp
DD.1529	B'B'-dh	6	Kisha Seizo Kaisha
DF.1201	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	6	Alsthom
DF.1207	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	69	Alsthom (55), Myanma Railways (10), Sifang (4)
DF.1301	Co'Co'-de	66	Diesel Loco Works Varanasi
DF.1601	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	45	Alsthom
DF.2001	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	27	Alsthom (15), Dalian (12)
DF.2028	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	60	Dalian (51), Sifang (9)
P	B-pm	18	Plymouth (12), Brookville (6)

Table 1: List of all diesel locomotive classes ordered by class.

Maker	Country	Qty	Qty in %
Alsthom	France	150	30.49%
Krupp	Germany	69	14.02%
Diesel Loco Works Varanasi	India	66	13.41%
Dalian	PR China	63	12.80%
Sifang	PR China	48	9.76%
Kisha Seizo Kaisha	Japan	33	6.71%
Myanma Railways	Myanmar	18	3.66%
Kawasaki	Japan	15	3.05%
Plymouth	USA	12	2.44%
Hitachi	Japan	7	1.42%
Brookville	USA	6	1.22%
Mitsubishi	Japan	4	0.81%
Daewoo	South Korea	1	0.20%

Table 2: List of makers of all diesel locomotives order by delivered quantity.

Class	Qty	Nos.	Put in service	Maker	Makers‘ Nos.	Makers’ date	Remark
P	6	493 - 498	1945	Brookville	3029, 3031, 3035, 3030, 3028, 3034	1944	ex. USATC 8289, 8291, 8295, 8290, 8288, 8294 Flown to Myitkyina in April 1945 by air
P	12	499 - 510	1945	Plymouth	5041, 5042, 5044, 5046, 5049, 5053, 5056-5058, 5060 - 5062	1945	ex USATC 2384, 2385, 2387, 2392, 2396, 2399, 2990, 2291, 2293 - 2395 all flown from USA to Rangoon via Calcutta
P	7			Plymouth		1945	ex USATC 2383, 2388, 2399, 2393, 2394, 2397 all flown from USA to Rangoon via Calcutta in May 1945 first six uncrated at Insein workshop and sent to Federated Malay State Railways in 9/1945 usage 5052 unknown
DF.1201	6	1201 - 1206	1958	Alsthom		1957	initial BBB-DE001 - BBB-DE006
DD.1501	28	1501 - 1528	1964	Krupp	4585 - 4612	1964
DF.1207	27	1207 - 1233	1964	Alsthom		1964	19 active in 2014
DC.501	10	501 - 510	1965	Kisha Seizo Kaisha	3066 - 3075	1964
DD.501	3	501 - 503	1965	Hitachi	12756 - 12758	1965	repowered with MTU 6V396T12
DD.501	2	504 - 505	1965	Hitachi	12802 - 12803	1965	repowered with MTU 6V396T12
DF.1207	1	1234	1968	Alsthom		1968	financed by "Paper Industry & Chemical Industries Board"
DD.901	6	901 - 906	1969	Krupp	4964 - 4969	1969
DF.1207	4	1235 - 1238	1969	Alsthom		1968
DF.1207	15	1239 - 1253	1970	Alsthom		1969
DD.907	7	907 - 913	1971	Kisha Seizo Kaisha	3493 - 3499	1971
DF.1601	10	1601 - 1610	1971	Alsthom		1971
DD.914	16	914 - 929	1972	Alsthom		1972
DD.1201	10	1201 - 1210	1972	Kisha Seizo Kaisha	3500 - 3509	1972
DD.1529	6	1529 - 1534	1972	Kisha Seizo Kaisha	3510 - 3515	1972
DF.1601	14	1611 - 1624	1974	Alsthom		1974	1617, 1622 reconstructed in 1981
DD.914	13	930 - 942	1977	Alsthom		1977
DD.506	5	506 - 510	1978	Kawasaki	4056 - 4060	1978
DF.1601	21	1625 - 1645	1978	Alsthom		1977
DD.943	16	943 - 958	1979	Krupp	5449 - 5464	1978
DF.1207	5	1254 - 1258	1984	Alsthom		1984	assembled in Insein workshop
DF.1207	3	1259 - 1261	1985	Alsthom		1985	assembled in Insein workshop
DB.301	1	301	1986	Daewoo		1986
DD.511	2	511 - 512	1986	Kawasaki		1986	0512 repowered with 12V128 ZC
DF.1207	1	1262	1986	Myanma Railways		1986	reconstructed from DF1218 and DF1231
DD.511	5	513 - 517	1987	Kawasaki		1987	assembled in Insein workshop
DD.959	11	959 - 969	1987	Krupp	5600 - 5610	1987
DD.1211	8	1211 - 1218	1987	Krupp	5587 - 5594	1986
DF.2001	15	2001 - 2015	1987	Alsthom		1987
DD.511	5	518 - 522	1989	Kawasaki		1989	assembled in Insein workshop
DF.1207	1	1263	1993	Myanma Railways		1986	reconstructed from div. DF1207 locos
DF.2016	6	2016 - 2021	1993	Dalian		1993
DF.2016	6	2022 - 2027	1994	Dalian		1993
DF.1207	4	1264 - 1267	1995	Sifang		1995
DB.301	1	302	1996	Myanma Railways		1996
DB.301	2	303 - 304	2007	Myanma Railways			built in Ywataung workshop, 0303 numbered D1B.303
DB.301	1	305	2011	Myanma Railways			built in Ywataung workshop
DF.2028	9	2028 - 2036	1997	Sifang		1997	only air brakes, AAR couplers
DF.2037	10	2037 - 2046	1998	Dalian		1998	only air brakes, AAR couplers
DF.1301	10	1301 - 1310	2000	Diesel Loco Works			ex. Indian Railways, initial DF1268 - 1277
D2D.2201	1	2201	2003	Hitachi		1972	ex JR DD 51 797 (JR Freight)
D2D.2201	1	2202	2005	Hitachi		1970	ex JR DD 51 823 (JR Freight)
D2D.2201	1		2005	Mitsubishi		1974	ex JR DD 51 1070 (JR Freight); cut into two parts (DD.1101 and DD.1102)
D2D.2201	1		2005	Mitsubishi		1972	ex JR DD 51 1001 (JR Freight); cut into two parts (DD.1103 and DD.1104)
D2D.2201	1	2027	2008	Mitsubishi		1972	ex JR DD 51 1006 (JR Hokkaido)
D2D.2201	1	2012	2008	Mitsubishi		1974	ex JR DD 51 1068 (JR Hokkaido)
DF.1301	11	1311 - 1321	2006	Diesel Loco Works	001 - 011	2006	initial DF1278 - 1288
DD.1101	1	1101	2007	Myanma Railways			cut from JR DD 51 1070; scrapped in May 2015
DD.1101	1	1102	2007	Myanma Railways			cut from JR DD 51 1070; out of service
DD.1101	1	1103	2007	Myanma Railways			cut from JR DD 51 1001; out of service
DD.1101	1	1104	2007	Myanma Railways			cut from JR DD 51 1001; status unknown
DF.1207	1	1200.01	2007	Myanma Railways		2007	reconstruction from other DF1207 locos
DF.1301	5	1322 - 1326	2007	Diesel Loco Works			ex. Indian Railways (YDM4)
DF.1207	1	1200.02	2008	Myanma Railways		2008	reconstruction from other DF1207 locos
DF.1301	15	1327 - 1341	2008	Diesel Loco Works			ex. Indian Railways (YDM4)
DF.2037	8	2047 - 2054	2008	Dalian		2008	only air brakes, AAR couplers
DF.2037	12	2055 - 2066	2008	Dalian		2008	only air brakes, AAR couplers
DF.2037	6	2067 - 2072	2008	Dalian		2008	doubtful whether really delivered
DD.1111	5	1111 - 1115	2009	Sifang		1977	ex CR DFH21 (Kunming - Hekou)
DF.1207	1	1200.03	2009	Myanma Railways		2009	reconstruction from other DF1207 locos
DD.1111	30	1116 - 1145	2010	Sifang		1977	ex CR DFH21 (Kunming - Hekou)
DF.1207	1	1200.04	2010	Myanma Railways		2010	reconstruction from other DF1207 locos
DF.1207	1	1200.05	2010	Myanma Railways		2010	reconstruction from other DF1207 locos
DF.1207	1	1200.06	2010	Myanma Railways		2010	reconstruction from other DF1207 locos
DF.1207	1	1200.07	2010	Myanma Railways		2010	reconstruction from other DF1207 locos
DF.1207	1	1200.08	2010	Myanma Railways		2010	reconstruction from other DF1207 locos
DF.1301	6	1342 - 1347	2011	Diesel Loco Works			ex. Indian Railways (YDM4)
DF.1301	13	1348 - 1360	2011	Diesel Loco Works			ex-TRL (Tanzania) Nr. 73R01 - 14 or 15
DF.2037	13	2067 - 2079	2015	Dalian			numbering unclear
DF.2037	2	0001 - 0002	2017	Dalian			numbering unclear, one numbered as 2000
DF.1301	6	1361 - 1366	2017	Diesel Loco Works		2017	first batch of 18 ordered

Table 3: List of all diesel locomotives ordered by number/year put in service.

Class	Type	Power (hp)	Engine	Length (m)	Weight working order (tons)	max speed (km/h)
D2D.2201	B'2'B'-dh	2,900	Daihatsu DML 61Z
DB.210	B-dh	200
DB.301^1a)	B-dh	280	Cummins
DB.301^1b)	B-dh	300	Hino
DB.301^1c)	B-dh	300	Hino
DB.301^1d)	B-dh	200	Nissan V10
DC.501	C-dh	530	MAN 16/18
DD.501	B'B'-dh	500	MAN 16/18
DD.506	B'B'-dh	500	MTU 6V396TC12
DD.511	B'B'-dh	500	MTU 6V396TC12
DD.901	B'B'-dh	900	MTU MA12V362
DD.907	B'B'-dh	860	MTU MA12V362.TB10
DD.914	Bo'Bo'-de	900	MGO V12ASHR
DD.943	B'B'-dh	1,100	MTU MA 6V396T12	11.3	48.0	64.0
DD.959	B'B'-dh	1,100	MTU MA 6V396T12
DD.1101	B'2'-dh	1,100
DD.1111	B'B'-dh	1,100
DD.1201	B'B'-dh	1,200	MAN
DD.1211	B'B'-dh	1,250	MTU 12V396TC13	11.3	48.0	88.5
DD.1501	B'B'-dh	1,500	Maybach MD655
DD.1529	B'B'-dh	1,500	MAN
DF.1201	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	1,200	MGO 16VHSR
DF.1207^2a)	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	1,200	SACM MGO 12VBSHR
DF.1207^2b)	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	1,200	MTU 12V396TC13
DF.1207^2c)	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	1,200	Caterpillar 3508B
DF.1301	Co'Co'-de	1,350	ALCO 6-251D
DF.1601	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	1,600	MGO V16ASHR
DF.2001^3a)	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	2,000	SEMT Pielstick
DF.2001^3b)	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	2,000	Caterpillar 3516DI-TA
DF.2028^4a)	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	2,000	MTU 16V396TC14
DF.2028^4b)	Bo'Bo'Bo'-de	2,000	Caterpillar 3516-B
P^5a)	B-pm	69
P^5b)	B-pm	70

Table 4: Diesel locomotive dimensions in metric measurements.

1a) DB.301
1b) DB.302
1c) DB.303 – DB.304
1d) DB.305
2a) DF.1207 – DF.1263
2b) DF.1264 – DF.1267
2c) DF.1200.03 – DF.1200.08
3a) DF.2001 – DF.2015
3b) DF.2016 – DF.2027
4a) DF.2028 – DF.2046
4b) DF.2047 – DF.2079?
5a) 493 - 498
5b) 499 - 510