Golden Rock Locomotive Workshops is a firm in India that manufactures railway locomotives and other kinds of rolling stock. It is under Southern Railways of Indian Railway Board. The factory is based in Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. The facility is 75 years old and is the biggest wagon construction unit in India.

It was officially known as Central Workshop Thiruchchiraappalli (It was famously known as 'Golden Rock Locomotive Workshops' or GOC)

Recent Orders

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• 3 metre gauge locomotives for Benin ( second hand )
• other converted locomotives for Mozambique, Tanzania, Mali, Sudan and Senegal.
• five metre gauge diesel engines for Malaysia.
• 300 stainless steel wagons for the Which Railway. The stainless steel wagons would be non-corrosive, sturdier and stronger.
• In December 2008, the workshops had sent 111 refurbished locomotives overseas.

Works

• Periodic Over Haul [POH] and Maintanance of Diesel Locos running in Southern Railways Control
• Periodic Over Haul [POH] and Maintanance of Diesel Locos running in Other Railways Zones
• Periodic Over Haul [POH] and Maintanance of Locos running in Darjeeling & Udagamandalam [Niligiris] Narrow Gauge Line
• Maintanance, Services and Re-Modelling of Old Diesel Meter Gauge Locos for RITES Limited [Wholly owned by Government of India, operates under Ministry of Railways]{RIETS Ltd purchase Locos from Railway Board. Then it was Maintananced, Serviced and Re-Modelled at Central Workshop Thiruchchiraappalli (It was kwnon as 'Golden Rock Locomotive Workshops'. After that the locos was sold to other Nations by RITES Ltd)}

• other converted locomotives for Mozambique, Tanzania, Mali, Sudan and Senegal.
• five metre gauge diesel engines for Malaysia.