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Indian locomotive class WAP-3
🇮🇳 India ·built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works· from 1987· Indian Railway class passenger electric locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 'RajHans' TKD WAP1 22006 Standing at Katihar: Raj495314· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Rajhans WAP1 ^22006 heading Bihar Sampark Kranti at NDLS - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta: Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WAP-3 was a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was designed by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways in 1987. The model name stands for Broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) locomotive, 3rd generation (3). They entered service in 1988.
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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 29 years (1988–2017).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1987–1988
- in service from
- 1988
- retired
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- designer
- RDSO, 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′
- weight
- 112 t
- nicknames
- Jawahar
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q95690492, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAP-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.