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Indian locomotive class YDM-2
built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works· from 1986· class of diesel-Hydraulic locomotive
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class YDM-2 is a class of diesel-Hydraulic locomotive that was developed in 1986-90 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for Metre gauge (Y), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 2nd generation (2). They entered service in 1986.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 522 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1986–1990
- status
- retired
- number built
- 41
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- builders
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- designer
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 522 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- weight
- 41 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96382109, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class YDM-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.