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Indian locomotive class WDG-4
🇮🇳 India ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1997· diesel-electric locomotive used by Indian Railways
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what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDG-4 (EMD GT46MAC) is a type of six-axle (Co-Co) freight-hauling diesel–electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel in 1997–1998 for Indian Railways, where they are classed as WDG-4. Derived from the EMD SD70MAC, it is powered by a 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) 16-cylinder EMD 710G3B prime mover. Thirteen were built by EMD as order #958647, and a further eight were exported in kit form and assembled in India.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 3.4 MW is about 39 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1997–2018
- number built
- 1,771
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Indian Railways, Sri Lanka Railways, Locomotives of Sri Lanka Railways, EMD 710
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 3.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 21.3 m
- weight
- 126 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323448, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDG-4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.