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Indian locomotive class WCP-3
🇮🇳 India ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1928
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCP-3 was a single-member class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotive that was developed in late 1920s by Hawthorn Leslie for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Direct Current (C), Passenger traffic (P) engine, 3rd generation (3). The locomotive was built at England between 1928 and 1929, and entering service in 1930.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928
- number built
- 1
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, General Electric Company plc
- operators
- Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Indian Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- 2′Co2′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25385775, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCP-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.