what is it?
The Indian locomotive classes WAM-2 and WAM-3 were 25 kV AC electric locomotives that were imported from Japan in the 1960s for Indian Railways. The model's name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), Mixed traffic (M) locomotive, 2nd generation (2). A total of 38 WAM-2/3 locomotives were built by a consortium, comprising Mitsubishi, Hitachi and Toshiba, between 1960 and 1964.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 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
- 1960–1964
- in service from
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 38
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Hitachi
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2.2 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 Q85769322, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAM-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.