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Indian locomotive class YAM-1
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Mitsubishi· from 1964· class of 20 Indian metre-gauge AC electric mixed-traffic locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. YAm1-21922: Metasur at English Wikipedia· CC BY 2.5
- 2. Meter Gauge electric locomotive YAM-1 21909 Regional railway museum Chennai ICF 01: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Meter Gauge electric locomotive YAM-1 21909 Regional railway museum Chennai ICF 02: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Meter Gauge electric locomotive YAM-1 21909 Regional railway museum Chennai ICF 03: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Meter Gauge electric locomotive YAM-1 21909 Regional railway museum Chennai ICF 04: RealinRear· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class YAM-1 is a class of metre gauge (Y), Alternating Current (A), mixed traffic (M) electric locomotives in India. Twenty were built in 1964–66 by a Japanese consortium led by Mitsubishi.
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.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 40 years (1964–2004).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1964–1966
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 2004
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Toshiba
- operators
- Indian Railways, Southern Railway
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC overhead
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- weight
- 52 t
- nicknames
- Pallava King, Vaigai Special
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18395737, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class YAM-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.