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Indian locomotive class WDM-2
🇮🇳 India ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1962· broad gauge Indian diesel-electric locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kundan, the first WDM-2 locomotive assembled at DLW, Varanasi: DLW· Public domain
- 2. KUNDAN (WDM2): Aham Banarsi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. A diesel loco WDM2 resting at Secunderabad Junction: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Indian diesel loco WDM2: Miya.m· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. WDM-2 Diesel loco of PUNE: Viswa Chandra· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. (17774) WDM 2 Diesel loco from Vijayawada shed: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 13134 (Varanasi-Sealdah) Express with BWN based WDM-2 loco: Smeet Chowdhury· CC BY 2.0
- 8. 17662 Indian Railways type WDM2A locomotive. (13943772357): Andrew Thomas from Shrewsbury, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. An Indian locomotive WDM2 from Bhagat ki Kothi shed: Lord of the Wings· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. BWN jumbo WDM2 ^17850 at LKO PF8 - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta: Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDM-2 is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1962 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 2nd generation (2). They entered service in 1962.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 1.9 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 61 years (1962–2023).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962–1998
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 2023
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 1,442
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 113 t
- nicknames
- Jumbo, Prabal
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6022619, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDM-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.