The Diesel Locomotive Factory, Marhowrah is a joint venture of GE Transportation, part of American company Wabtec, with Indian Railways for the production of 1000 high-power freight locomotives over a period of 10 years designed to run on Indian railway tracks.

[3] During September 2013, the Ministry of Railways received bids from six global firms: Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier, General Electric, CSR Corp and CNR Corp.[4] However, Indian Railways rejected the bid of both Chinese firms (CSR and CNR) for the two giant manufacturing projects in Bihar.

[7][3] The factory is located at Marhaura, a town and an administrative sub-divisional area in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

[8] As a joint venture company, both Indian Railways and GE Transportation are set to invest collectively a huge amount of US $2.5 billion for DLF.

Indian Railways will hold 26% equity in the JV company subject to a maximum of ₹100 crore (US$11 million).