text: The planners of the nation with their prudence,planned to set up a loco building factory in thge eastern part of a country.In the late thirties,a committee consisting of M/s Humphries and shrinivasan was constituated to consider the possibility of eatablishing a locomotive manufacturer unit and 9its economical facilities.The initial project at Chandmari,a place near kanchrapara in the state of west bengal,could not mature due to partition,which inevitevly necessitated a change of site.This present site at Chittaranjan was chosen after a fresh survey and for this the approval of Railway board was obtained in 1947.