"Udaya Devi" Train From Batticaloa To Colombo Fort With Class M2C 626 Montreal Locomotive | RoP 🇱🇰

🚂 Experience Sri Lanka Railway with Rail of Pearl 🇱🇰 In this video you can see Udaya Devi train arriving to Colombo Fort railway station from Baticaloa. The train is hauled by Class M2C 626 "Montreal" locomotive which was imported into Sri Lanka in 1961. Providing great service for more than 60 years for Sri Lanka Railways. About Class M2 The Sri Lanka Railways Class M2 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in 1954 by General Motors Diesel, Canada, and Electro-Motive Division, USA. This is considered one of the most successful locomotives in Sri Lanka. The class entered service in January 1955. The Ruhunu Kumari train started using M2 572 British Columbia on 24 October 1955, the first long distance luxury passenger train service in Sri Lanka. The same loco hauled the first Udarata Manike Colombo - Badulla train on 23 April 1956, and on the same day the Yal Davi started, hauled by M2 569 Ontario, in the far north of the country. 🔴 𝐄𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄, 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄! 👍 Find us on Facebook:   / railofpearl   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔻 CHECK PLAYLISTS FOR MORE VIDEOS 🔻 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🚂 TRAIN LOVERS...! CHECK HERE FOR MORE 🚂    • Sri Lanka Railway Trains   💡 LEARN MORE ABOUT SRI LANKA RAILWAYS 💡    • Sri Lanka Railways   ⌛️ TIME-LAPSE ⌛️    • Time-lapse   🍃 NATURE 🍃    • Nature   🐜 MACRO WORLD 🐜    • Macro World   ⏱ Shorts ⏱    • #Shorts   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #srilanka #slr #trains #trainvideos #classm2 #canadianlocomotive #canadian #railofpearl #montreal