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- 1. WAM1 20202 locomotive: Shamim Mohamed· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WAM-1 was a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1950s by the Groupement 50 Hz (a consortium of European locomotive manufacturers) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Mixed traffic (M) locomotive, 1st generation (1). They entered service in 1960, thus making them the first AC electric locomotives to be in service in India.
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.
- 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
- 1959–1961
- retired
- 1999
- status
- retired
- number built
- 100
- 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
- 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 Q60997675, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAM-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.