what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDM-3 was a type of diesel-hydraulic locomotive that was developed by Henschel for Indian Railways in 1962. The model name "WDM-3" stood for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 3rd generation (3). These locomotives were put into service between 1970 and 1971, and a total of eight were built between 1962 and 1970.
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 56 years ago, in 1970.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 25 years (1970–1995).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1970
- in service from
- 1970
- retired
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Henschel
- designer
- Henschel
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- weight
- 76 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96382102, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDM-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.