CLW CELEBRATES GOLDEN JUBILEE . (1950 - 2000)      

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HISTORY

EARLY   LOCOMOTIVE    MANUFACTURING    IN    INDIA

In 1921, The Peninsular Locomotive Company was incorporated and they erected their factory near Jamshedpur in Bihar. Due to internal difficulties and insufficient encouragement from the Government, the company dissolved in 1924 without having produced any locomotive. The factory was revived by the Defence Department during World War II and in 1945 it was given to Tata Sons’ Limited to build locomotives and was renamed as Tata Engineering and Locomotives Company ( TELCO ). The company still exists and is engaged mainly in producing Diesel Engines and bulk carrier vehicles of road traffic. Incidentally TELCO had given 604 nos. of YG (2-8-2) class locomotives to Indian Railways from 1952 to 1966.

The issue of setting up the locomotive building unit continued to be under active consideration of the Central legislature and after the first World War , as a result of agitation of Indian leaders, the Government in July 1930 appointed a committee consisting of Mr. J. Humphrey, Sr. Mechanical Engineer Bengal-Nagpur Railway and Mr. K. C. Srinivasan, a Sr. Accounts Officer to investigate the possibility of establishing a locomotive manufacturing units and to consider its economic viability. The committee submitted its report in 1940 by when the World War -II  had started. Subsequently in 1945  Chandmari, a place near Kanchrapara in Bengal was provisionally selected  as a possible site and planning work was taken up. This also could not mature due to proposed partition, which inevitably necessitated change of site.

"The Chittaranjan Locomotive Works and the new city of Chittaranjan, carry the impress of the modern age. They symbolise the spirit of a free and independent India. Both the city and the works are named after one of India's noblest sons - a great and indomitable fighter in nation's struggle for freedom, a leader and statesman of great foresight and vision - the late Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das." .....  This is how goes the preface to CLW in " Indian Railways : One Hundred Years" , published by Railway Board in 1953 during Centenary celebration of Indian Railways.

The site for India's first Locomotive manufacturing works was finally selected at a place close to Mihijam Station in Bihar 32 Km from Asansol and 67 km from Durgapur in September 1947 and construction was taken in hand  in March 1948.

Kudos to the people who selected the site. This the BEST township  of all Railway establishments in India . The town situated on an undulating terrain with a number of lakes gives a fascinating  treat to the eyes of the beholder at night when all the lights are lit up in the houses rising tier upon tier in terraces. The place itself till the yester years was considered as a health resort because of its salubrious climate

Our Corporate Objectives : To optimise installed capacity : To upgrade production process *** To maintain quality system - ISO - 9000 *** To achieve maximum indigenisation *** To achieve higher productive levels ***  To achieve cost effectiveness and customer satisfaction *** To develop human resources *** To maintain harmonious labour relation *** TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AT C L W ***
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Chittaranjan Works was built with a cost of approximately 14 crores ( in 1947). Initially the planned city had an area of little over 7 square miles. including the workshop, the staff colony, schools, hospitals etc.

 Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) was initially established for production of Steam Locomotives. Production of steam locos commenced on January 26, 1950, the day when India became a Republic, in collaboration with the North British Locomotive Company of Scotland. The first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad dedicated the first Steam locomotive Deshbandhu (a WG class bearing number # 8401) to the nation on November 1, 1950 and on the same day the factory, which was originally called "Loco Building Factory" was named after the Patriot, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das. The name of the railway station was also changed to Chittaranjan from Mihijam. 

The production of Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives was taken up during 1968. After manufacturing 2351 Steam Locomotives of 5 types and 842 Diesel Hydraulic Locos of 7 types, production of steam and diesel hydraulic locos were discontinued from 1973-74 and 1993-94 respectively.

The Township

Area	18.34 Sq. Km.
Roads	191Kms.
No. of Staff Quarters	9131 +
Population	80,000
Schools	12+31 primary
Hospitals	200 beds -1; Health Centers - 7
Markets	7

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Acknowledgement
But for the kind co-operation from the authorities of CLW ,    it would not have been possible for me to make this site.  I am grateful to Sri Arvind Sharma, Amitabh Ojha , Sujeet Misra, Partha Bannerji and Satish Pai 

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