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Indian locomotive class WDP-3A
🇮🇳 India ·built by Patiala Locomotive Works· from 1998· Indian Railway passenger class diesel locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WDP3A c 15543 PUSHPAK: original image: Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury from Guwahati, India crop & enhancement: Pechristener· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WDP-3A, colloquially nicknamed the Toaster, is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1998 by Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Passenger traffic (P) locomotive with 3,100 horsepower (3A). The WDP-3A is a later classification of earlier WDP-2.
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 28 years ago, in 1998.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 2.3 MW is about 27 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1998–2021).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1998–2001
- in service from
- 1998
- retired
- 2021
- status
- in service
- number built
- 44
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Patiala Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 2.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 18.6 m
- weight
- 117 t
- nicknames
- Toasters, Pushpak
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65049864, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WDP-3A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.