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Indian locomotive class WCAM-3
🇮🇳 India ·built by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited· from 1997· class of Indian broad-gauge mixed-traffic dual-voltage electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Pune Karjat passenger Indian Railways: HarshWCAM3· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. KYN WCAM3: Raju2789· CC0
- 3. A WCAM-3 hauls an express Train at Dadar: Arne Hückelheim· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. A WCAM 3 locomotive hauling a train on the Mumbai Pune line: Historical Trains· CC0
- 5. Karjat railway station - WCAM 3 bankers at Karjat: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. WCAM 3 - 21934: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. WCAM 3 21886 Manufactured By BHEL: Shrikar Galgali· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. WCAM 3 engine heading the 12293 Allahabad Duronto Express: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. WCAM 3 No 21952: Swapnilshelatkar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. WCAM 3 with 12294 Duronto Express: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCAM–3 is a class of dual-power AC/DC series electric locomotives That was developed in 1997 by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited used in the Indian Railways system. They are the third locomotives from the WCAM class. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), DC Current (C), AC Current (A), Mixed traffic (M) locomotive, 3rd generation (3).
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 4 MW is about 47 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
- 1997–1998
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- operators
- Central Railways
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 4 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC (formerly)
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19891894, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCAM-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.