It is considered one of the strongest and most reliable locomotive classes among the fleet of Bangladesh Railway.

The Class 2600 locomotives are built by General Motors Diesel at its London, Ontario plant, Canada.

Class 2600 is a 1500 hp locomotive using the EMD 645 diesel engine.

The Electro Motive Division export model of this locomotive is GT18L-2.

It pulls containers, oil tankers and other departmental freight trains regularly across the country.