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Indian locomotive class WCP-1
🇮🇳 India ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1928· class of 22 Indian electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Electric loco 4006: Miya.m· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Side View of WCP-1 20005: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCP-1 (originally classified as EA/1) is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that were developed in late 1920s by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway to handle passenger trains. A total of 22 WCP-1s were built in England between 1928 and 1929, and entered service in 1930. The WCP-1 served passenger trains for nearly 50 years until its withdrawal in the early 1980s.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1930
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Metropolitan-Vickers
- operators
- Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Indian Railways
- top speed
- 137 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- 2′Bo(A1)
- length
- 16.3 m
- weight
- 100 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24033994, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCP-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.