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- 1. Bonn Beuel Krauss-Maffei ML 400 C uit 1951 (20194143436): Rob Dammers· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDS-2 was a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in 1954 by Krauss Maffei for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Shunting locomotive (S) engine, 2nd generation (2). They entered service in 1955.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 328 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1955
- in service from
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 54 km/h
- power
- 328 kW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C
- weight
- 51.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96382104, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDS-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.