10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WAG-12: Suvadeep Saha56· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. SRE WAG12B: Raju2789· CC0
- 3. 60051 WAG12B locomotive with a North bound freight at Samalkot: Adityamadhav83· CC BY 4.0
- 4. 60227 WAG12 locomotive with a freight train at Bharathnagar: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 60227 WAG12B locomotive at Bharathnagar MMTS: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 60267 WAG12B Locomotive with a south bound freight at Bibinagar: Adityamadhav83· CC BY 4.0
- 7. A WAG 12 locomotive at Bharathnagar MMTS station: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. ALSTOM's WAG 12 Locomotive: Apurba Biswas· CC0
- 9. WAG 12B Locomotive at GMC yard: Apurba Biswas· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. WAG 12b locomotive of Indian Railways: Apurba Biswas· CC0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WAG-12B is a class of 25 kV AC twin section electric locomotives that was developed in 2017 by Alstom with technological collaboration with Indian Railways. The model name stands for wide gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic (G) locomotive-12. They entered trial service in 2019.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- 8.9 MW is about 105 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2020
- number built
- 658
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- ELF
- designer
- Alstom & RDSO
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 8.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- weight
- 180 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48724003, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAG-12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.