what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WAG-3 was a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was imported from Europe in the mid 1960s for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Goods traffic (G) engine, 3rd (3). A total of 10 WAG-3 locomotives were built by The European Group 50 Hz Group/European Group/50 Cycles Group (consortium) in 1965, and entering service in the same year.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Kraus-Maffei
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 112 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- AC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 74 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q95690444, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAG-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.