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Indian locomotive class WDS-4
🇮🇳 India ·built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works· from 1967· class of Indian broad-gauge 0-6-0dh locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WDS 4: Nanasur at English Wikipedia· Public domain
- 2. WDS4D 19651 SSB NR - side: Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury· CC BY 2.0
- 3. WDS4D 19651 SSB NR in New Delhi: Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury· CC BY 2.0
- 4. WDS4D 19651 SSB NR, New Delhi: Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury· CC BY 2.0
- 5. WDS4D 19651 SSB NR: Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury· CC BY 2.0
- 6. WDS4D 19667 SSB NR: Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury· CC BY 2.0
- 7. WDS4D Heritage Engine at Valsad: Makwana1993· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Preserved diesel locomotive WDS-4B 19324 Regional railway museum Chennai ICF 01: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Preserved diesel locomotive WDS-4B 19324 Regional railway museum Chennai ICF 02: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Preserved diesel locomotive WDS-4B 19324 Regional railway museum Chennai ICF 03: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The WDS-4 (also known as Pappu) is a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotive used by Indian Railways for shunting and departmental operations. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Shunting (S) engine. The WDS-4 was once used all over India but most have now been scrapped or condemned from active service.
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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1967–1990
- in service from
- 1967
- number built
- 1,271
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 60 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q85769325, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDS-4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.