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Indian locomotive class WAM-4

🇮🇳 India ·built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works· from 1970· Indian Railway class electric locomotive

⚡ electric locomotive electric retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. WAM4 Ennore: VtTN· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. AJJ WAM4: Raju2789· CC0
  3. 3. A WAM-4 class Locomotive at Secunderabad: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. WAM4 loco at Moulaali: Viswa Chandra· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. WAM 4 series loco at Visakhapatnam: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. WAM 4 with the Malwa Express: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. 17015 (BBS-SC) Visakha Express with WAM-4 loco: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. Bhusawal based WAM4 (21359) Electric locomotive at Visakhapatnam: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Bhusawal WAM 4: Swapnilshelatkar· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. ET WAM-4: Dhawal Poladia· CC BY 2.0
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Indian locomotive class WAM-4, photo 1 of 10
1/10 VtTN· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Indian locomotive class WAM-4 was a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1970 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), mixed traffic (M) locomotive, 4th generation (4). They entered service in March 1971.

who runs it

Indian Railways

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 2.7 MWpower output
  • weight 113 tin working order
  • built 500made 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 56 years ago, in 1970.
  • 2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • Served for 52 years (1971–2023).

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built
1970–1983
in service from
1971
retired
2023
status
retired
number built
500
kind
Electric
traction
electric
origin
🇮🇳 India
builders
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
designer
RDSO
operators
Indian Railways
top speed
120 km/h
power
2.7 MW
gauge
1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
electric system
Overhead
wheel arrangement
Co′Co′
weight
113 t
nicknames
Garuda, Ananth, RAJATABHA, Surubhi, Navchetna, Sukh Sagar, Naveen

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

Sources: Wikidata Q6022604, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAM-4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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