what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDG-3A is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1994 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW),Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad-gauge (W), Diesel (D), Goods traffic (G) engine, 3,100 hp (3A) locomotive. They entered service on 18 July 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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 2.3 MW is about 27 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 32 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1994–2015
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,164
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- BLW
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 2.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 17.9 m
- weight
- 127 t
- nicknames
- Shakti, Prabal, Jai Jawan
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65050143, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDG-3A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.