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Indian locomotive class WDM-4
🇮🇳 India ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1961· The Indian locomotive class WDM-4 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in 1962 by General Motors(GM-EMD) for Indian Railways.
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WDM-4 18001 locomotive: Shamim Mohamed· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Front view of WDM-4 18001: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Side view of WDM-4 18001: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDM-4 is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1962 by Electro-Motive Diesel for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 4th generation (4). They entered service in 1962.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.9 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1962
- retired
- 2001
- status
- retired
- number built
- 72
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 113 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16980582, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDM-4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.