what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WAG-2 was a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was imported from Japan in the 1960s for Indian Railways. Its class designation denotes a broad gauge (W) alternating current (A) goods (G) locomotive of the 2nd generation (2). A total of 45 WAG-2 locomotives were built by The Japanese Group (a consortium of Mitsubishi, Hitachi and Toshiba) between 1964 and 1965.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 2.6 MW is about 31 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 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
- 1964–1965
- retired
- 2001
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Hitachi
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 2.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 76 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96027726, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAG-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.