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Indian locomotive class YCG-1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by English Electric· from 1930· class of 4 Indian metre-gauge 1500V DC electric locomotives (ex SIR EG class)
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. YCG-1 21900 Preserved electric locomotive: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Front View of YCG-1 21900: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Side view of YCG-1 21900: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. YCG-1 21900: Suvadeep Saha56· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The YCG-1 was a class of electric locomotives built in the 1930s for use on the metre-gauge electrified lines in the Chennai area. Its class designation denotes a metre-gauge (Y) DC current (C) goods locomotive (G). With the conversion of the lines to 25 kv AC, all were withdrawn.
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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- 477 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.8 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 35 years (1930–1965).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1965
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- English Electric, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
- designer
- English Electric
- operators
- South Indian Railway Company, Indian Railways, Southern Railway
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 477 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 9.8 m
- weight
- 43 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96418624, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class YCG-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.