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Indian locomotive class WDP-1
🇮🇳 India ·built by Banaras Locomotive Works· from 1995· class of Indian diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WDP-1 hauling GNT - MCLA Pass: Belur Ashok· CC BY 2.0
- 2. WDP1M twin locomotives bringing Seshadri Express: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDP-1 is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1995 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Passenger traffic (P) engine, 1st generation (1). They entered service in 1995.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 31 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1995–1999
- in service from
- 1995
- status
- in service
- number built
- 69
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Banaras Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.8 m
- weight
- 80.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65049846, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDP-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.