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Indian locomotive class WCAG-1
🇮🇳 India ·built by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited· from 1999· Indian Railway class AC and DC mix electric freight locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WCAG-1 21970-21979 Container Rake BSL Outer: Anish21979· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCAG–1 is a class of dual-power AC/DC series locomotives used in the Indian Railways system. They are the only class of the WCAG locomotives. They were specifically designed for use by Central Railways in the Ghat section towards Nashik and Pune.
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 27 years ago, in 1999.
- 3.7 MW is about 44 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 27 years.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1999–2000
- in service from
- 1999
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- operators
- Central Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 3.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC (past)
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 19.9 m
- weight
- 128 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q85769323, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCAG-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.