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Indian locomotive class WCG-1
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1928· class of 41 Indian electric locomotives
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Indian electric locomotive 4502: Miya.m· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ETH-BIB SIK 03-046266 IR WCG 1 20057 Bombay 1989: Hans-Peter Bärtschi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Indian locomotive class WCG1: Mohit S· CC BY 2.0
- 4. WCG-1: Suvadeep Saha56· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Side view of WCG-1 20027: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. WCG 1: Anand CV· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. WCG-1 20027 Preserved electric locomotive: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. WCG-1 20027 under shelter: Arjunfotografer· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WCG-1 (originally classified as EF/1) is a class of 1.5 kV DC freight-hauling electric locomotives that were developed in the late 1920s by Vulcan Foundry and Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. A total of 41 WCG-1 locomotives were built in England between 1928 and 1929. The WCG-1s served for nearly 70 years and were withdrawn by the early 2000s, with two of the locomotives being preserved, while the rest of the units being scrapped.
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.
- 1.9 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 70 years (1930–2000).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1929
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 2000
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 41
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- designer
- Vulcan Foundry, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Indian Railways, Great Indian Peninsula Railway
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- C′C′
- weight
- 123 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q55503795, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WCG-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.