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Indian locomotive class WCAM-1
🇮🇳 India ·built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works· from 1973· Indian Railway class AC and DC mix electric locomotive
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Indian Railways 21824: V Malik from New Delhi & Pune, India· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Pune bound 11095 (ADI-PUNE) Ahimsa Express: Smeet Chowdhury· CC BY 2.0
- 3. WCAM-1 No. 21839: Swapnilshelatkar· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. WCAM1 No. 21846: Swapnilshelatkar· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCAM-1 was a class of dual-voltage (25 kV AC and 1.5 kV DC) electric locomotives that was developed in 1973 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), DC Current (C), AC Current (A), Mixed traffic (M) locomotive, 1st generation (1). They entered service in March 1973.
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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 42 years (1973–2015).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1973–1979
- in service from
- 1973
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 53
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- designer
- RDSO
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 113 t
- nicknames
- Vallabh (No.21800)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6022613, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCAM-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.