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Indian locomotive class WDAP-5
🇮🇳 India ·built by Banaras Locomotive Works· from 2019· Indian railway locomotive class
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDAP-5 is a class of diesel-electric dual mode locomotive that was developed in 2019 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), AC Current (A), Passenger (P) and 5000 Horsepower (5). The locomotive can deliver 5,500 hp (4,100 kW) in electric mode and 4,500 hp (3,400 kW)) in diesel mode.
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 7 years ago, in 2019.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 4.1 MW is about 48 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2019
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Dual-mode
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Banaras Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 151 km/h
- power
- 4.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96054587, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDAP-5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.