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Indian locomotive class WAG-5
🇮🇳 India ·built by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited· from 1978· Indian Railway class electric freight locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WAG-5BHEL: Shan.H.Fernades· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. WAG-5HA AJJ: WAM4ajj· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. WAG-5inammugudabyepassline: Athulyan Ananda Rajkumar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. (23035) Itarsi based WAG5 locomotive at Secunderabad: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 23758 Itarsi based WAG5 locomotive at Visakhapatnam: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. A WAG5 Electric loco spotted at Secunderabad Junction: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. AJJ twin WAG5 052016: Nikhilb239· CC BY 3.0
- 8. BSL WAG - 5 (21147629341): Belur Ashok from Secunderabad, India· CC BY 2.0
- 9. ET WAG-5 (10994132104): Belur Ashok from Secunderabad, India· CC BY 2.0
- 10. ET WAG-5A (20250320114): Belur Ashok from Secunderabad, India· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WAG-5 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic (G) engine, 5th generation (5). They entered service in 1980.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978–1998
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,192
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 17.2 m
- weight
- 119 t
- nicknames
- Krishnaveni, Navdoot, Minkalan, Pasumai, Priyadarshini, Basanti, Srilata, Nouvion, Gurudev, Chetak, Nasbandhi, Janmasha…
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6022599, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAG-5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.