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- 1. WCM 4: Suvadeep Saha56· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. WCM-4: Suvadeep Saha56· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCM-4 was a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives developed in the late 1950s by Hitachi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Direct Current (C), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 4th generation (4). A total of 7 WCM-4 locomotives were built in Japan in 1959 for Central Railways.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Hitachi
- designer
- Hitachi
- 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
- 125 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q95690554, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCM-4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.