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Indian locomotive class WDM-7
🇮🇳 India ·built by Banaras Locomotive Works· from 1987· diesel-electric locomotive of Indian Railways
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WDM7 BioDiesel: VtTN· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Body of TNP WDM-7: Balablitz· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The WDM-7 is a diesel–electric locomotive of Indian Railways. It has been manufactured by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), diesel (D), mixed traffic (M) engine.
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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1987–1989
- status
- in service
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Banaras Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 96 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65049888, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDM-7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.