Description
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 engines 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. Since beginning of the railway service in Sri lanka M2 Canadian engine became the most reliable one in the fleet and most useful nonstop locomotive.
