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Indian locomotive class WAP-1
🇮🇳 India ·built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works· from 1980· Indian Railway class electric locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WAP1: VtTN· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. WAP1 ^22076 Aastha of GZB waiting for its scheduled departure with Agra bound ICE at LJN - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta: Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 12497 (NDLS-ASR) Shaan-e-Punjab Express with WAP-1: Smeet Chowdhury· CC BY 2.0
- 4. 2925 Paschim Express with a WAP 1 engine: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. A WAP1 from Arakkonam hauls Trivandrum bound Guwahati Express: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. WAP-1 Locomotive at Delhi: Crispin Semmens· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. WAP-1 loco hauling 59355 (Ratlam-Mathura) Passenger: Smeet Chowdhury· CC BY 2.0
- 8. WAP1-22018: VtTN· Public domain
- 9. 'RajHans' TKD WAP1 22006 Standing at Katihar: Raj495314· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. (Santragacchi - Chennai) AC Express at Tuni with a WAP1 locomotive: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WAP-1 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1980 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) locomotive, 1st generation (1). They entered service in late 1981.
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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1980–1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 65
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 18.8 m
- weight
- 112 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65067105, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAP-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.