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Indian locomotive class WDS-6

🇮🇳 India ·built by BLW· from 1975· Indian Railway shunter class diesel locomotive

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. WDS-6AD locomotive used in Indian Railways: Ravi Dwivedi· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Tughlakabad-based WDS-6 locomotive at Anand Vihar Terminal: Kool Nerd 123· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. A Tondiarpet-based WDS6 locomotive at Chennai Central Station: Arjun1001· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. SHUNTING DUTY OF WDS-6AD AT NAGPUR JUNCTION: Dhanal2610· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. (36185) WDS6 series loco at Visakhapatnam: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. 16381 Mumbai CST Kanyakumari Express with WDS 6 shunter locomotive: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. A WDS6 loco (36185) bringing in an empty rake into Visakhapatnam: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Indian locomotive class WDS-6: Avinash Patil· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. Indian Railways WDS-6R locomotive at Kolkata: ActStuffOGWiki· CC BY 4.0
  10. 10. WDS 6 No 36006: Swapnilshelatkar· CC BY-SA 4.0
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Indian locomotive class WDS-6, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Ravi Dwivedi· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Indian locomotive class WDS-6 is a diesel–electric locomotive used by the Indian Railways mainly for shunting and also for performing departmental duties. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Shunting (S) engine, 6th generation (6). As of April 2022, 375 units of this class are currently in use all over India.

who runs it

Indian Railways

base stats

  • speed 71 km/htop speed
  • power 1 MWpower output
  • weight 113 tin working order
  • built 411made in total

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 51 years ago, in 1975.
  • 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 16.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1975
status
in service
number built
411
kind
Diesel
traction
diesel
origin
🇮🇳 India
builders
BLW
operators
Indian Railways
top speed
71 km/h
power
1 MW
gauge
1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
wheel arrangement
Co′Co′
length
16.1 m
weight
113 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q65053068, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDS-6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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