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Indian locomotive class WDM-3D
🇮🇳 India ·built by Patiala Locomotive Works· from 2003· WDM-3D is a class of diesel-electric locomotive in Indian Railways.
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 11119 WDM-3D diesel loco of Gooty: Viswa Chandra· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. ERS WDM3D: Raju2789· CC0
- 3. 17015 (BBS-SC) Visakha Express with WDM-3D loco: Viswa Chandra· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Bad maintenance of SPJ, none of the sand boxes of WDM3D ^11323 were in order, neither they had pipes - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta: Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Guntakal (GTL) based Twin WDM-3D Loco at Secunderbad: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. GY WDM - 3D (23459077103): Belur Ashok from Secunderabad, India· CC BY 2.0
- 7. JHS WDM3D ^11236 in charge of 11110 to JHS @LKO - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta: Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA· CC BY 2.0
- 8. LKO based WDM-3D loco - 11142: Smeet Chowdhury· CC BY 2.0
- 9. MLDT WDM3D at Katihar Jn: Ravi Raj· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Pune based WDM 3D locomotive at Hyderabad Deccan: Adityamadhav83· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDM-3D is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 2003 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engine with 3300 horsepower (3D). The engine is classified WDM-3D though it outputs only 3300 hp and not 3400 hp as the name should suggest.
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 23 years ago, in 2003.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2003–2016
- status
- in service
- number built
- 490
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Patiala Locomotive Works
- designer
- BLW, RDSO
- operators
- Indian Railways, Bangladesh Railway, Sri Lanka Railways
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 117 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65049586, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDM-3D (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.