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The '''Banaras Locomotive Works''' ('''BLW''') (formerly '''Diesel Locomotive Works''' ('''DLW''')) in [[Varanasi]], [[India]], is a production unit of [[Indian Railways]]. DLW stopped manufacturing diesel locomotives in March 2019 and was renamed to BLW in Oct 2020.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/dlw-to-be-now-known-as-banaras-locomotive-works/articleshow/78959216.cms|title=DLW to be now known as Banaras Locomotive Works|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Founded in 1961 as the DLW, it rolled out its first locomotive three years later, on 3 January 1964. It manufactures locomotives which are variants based on the original [[American Locomotive Company|ALCO]] designs dating to 1960s and the [[Electro-Motive Diesel|GM EMD]] designs of the 1990s. In July 2006, DLW outsourced manufacture of some locomotives to Parel Workshop, [[Central Railway (India)|Central Railway]], Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kalpana |last=Verma |title=Engine manufacturing unit at Parel a boon for Rlys |date=19 August 2008 |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/engine-manufacturing-unit-at-parel-a-boon-for-rlys/350610/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130122142720/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/engine-manufacturing-unit-at-parel-a-boon-for-rlys/350610/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2013 |work=[[Indian Express]] |access-date=2012-01-14 }}</ref> In 2016, it bagged "Best Production Unit Shield 2015-16" The first phase of expansion project of BLW was initiated in 2016. In 2017, it bagged the "Best Production Unit Shield 2016-17" for 2nd consecutive year. In 2018, it bagged the "Best Production Unit Shield 2017-18" of Indian Railways for 3rd consecutive year. In March 2018 it successfully converted two old ALCO diesel loco [[WDG3A]] into an electric loco [[Indian locomotive class WAGC3/WAG-10|WAGC-3 (WAG-10)]], a first in the world. DLW stopped manufacturing diesel locomotives in March 2019 and was renamed to BLW in Oct 2020.<ref name="auto1"/> It was the largest diesel-electric locomotive manufacturer in India. In March 2020, it developed the country's first bi-mode locomotive, the [[Indian locomotive class WDAP-5|WDAP-5]]. BLW today produces mostly electric locomotives [[WAP-7]] & [[WAG-9]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://blw.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,702|title=Welcome to BLW Official Website|website=blw.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref>

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