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Indian locomotive class WCM-1
🇮🇳 India ·built by English Electric· from 1954· Class of 1950s electric locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Preserved electric locomotive Regional railway museum ICF Chennai 01: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Preserved electric locomotive Regional railway museum ICF Chennai 02: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Preserved electric locomotive Regional railway museum ICF Chennai 03: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Preserved electric locomotive Regional railway museum ICF Chennai 04: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCM-1 is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in 1954 by Vulcan Foundry and English Electric for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Direct Current (C), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 1st generation (1). They entered service in 1955.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 45 years (1955–2000).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 2000
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- English Electric
- designer
- Vulcan Foundry, English Electric
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 124 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q95690549, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCM-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.