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Indian locomotive class YDM-5
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1963· class of 25 metre-gauge diesel-electric locomotives
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- 1. YDM - 5: Suvadeep Saha56· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class YDM-5 is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1964 by General Motors (GM-EMD) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for Metre gauge (Y), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 5th generation (5). They entered service in 1964.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1964–1998).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1963–1964
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 1998
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 69.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96382111, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class YDM-5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.