Sri Lanka Railway - Class M2 locomotives

Loco Builder                           : General Motors

Engine Builder & Model        : General Motors GM 567 12C

Power                                      : 1425 h.p.

Max Speed                              : 112 Km/h

Dead Weight                           : 79 ton

Length                                    : 43”

Wheel Arrangement               : A1A-A1A

Introduced Year                     : 1954-1955

No Range                                : 569-573

No of Locos                            : 05

         Loco No                                 Used Name

          569                                          Ontario

          570                                          Alberta

          571                                          Saskatchewan

          572                                          British Colombia

          573                                          Quebec

The Sri Lanka Railways M2 is considered as the most successful locomotive used in Sri Lanka.^{[citation needed]} It is aGeneral Motors Diesel (Canada) EMD G12 model using the EMD 567C, 1,425-horsepower (1,063 kW) engine. Imported to Sri Lanka from 1954 onwards. Almost all locomotives are still operational. From 1954, several batches of General Motors-manufactured locomotives were imported to Sri Lanka under "The Colombo Plan". Locally called a "Canadian" engine – there are actually two classes of Canadian engine in SLR – the other one is Class M4. Since these engine were imported under grants from the Canadian government, class M2 locomotives are named with Canadian province and city names. The last two locomotives were made in the United States and imported for Cement Corporation, Sri Lanka. But they were later attached to Sri Lanka Railways locomotive fleet. They were named after two local cities – Galle and Kankasanthurei – where the cement factories were located.