what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDM-6 is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1981 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 6th generation (6). Only two WDM-6s were built in 1981 and 1982, and were decommissioned at Burdwan (BWN) in 2011.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1981–2011).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1981–1982
- in service from
- 1981
- retired
- 2011
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- BLW
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.6 m
- weight
- 70 t
- nicknames
- Maruti
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96382087, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDM-6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.