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Indian locomotive class WCAM-2
🇮🇳 India ·built by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited· from 1995· Indian Railway class AC and DC mix electric locomotive
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BL based WCAM-2P loco - 21867: Smeet Chowdhury· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Indian Railways 21879: V Malik from New Delhi & Pune, India· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. WCAM-2 locomotive Kasara: Count of Dombivli· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 19129 (BRC-ADI) Intercity Express with BL based WCAM-2P loco: Smeet Chowdhury· CC BY 2.0
- 5. WCAM 2P engine at Vadodara Junction: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCAM-2 is a class of dual-power AC/DC series electric locomotives that was developed in 1995 by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited used in the Indian Railways system. They are the second locomotive from the WCAM class. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), DC Current (C), AC Current (A), Mixed traffic (M) locomotive, 2nd generation (2).
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.
- 3.5 MW is about 41 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
- 1995–1998
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 135 km/h
- power
- 3.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- AC, 1.5 kV DC
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- nicknames
- Balwant for No.-21861
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6022615, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCAM-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.