List of electric locomotives of India

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This is a list of all [[Electric locomotive|electric locomotives]] that have been or are being operated by [[Indian Railways]].

== Classification ==
Locomotives were classified by [[track gauge]], motive power, function and power (or model number) in a four- or five-letter code. The first letter denotes the track gauge. The second letter denotes motive power (diesel or electric), and the third letter denotes use (goods, passenger, mixed or shunting). The fourth letter denotes a locomotive's chronological model number.

In 2002, a new classification system was adopted. For newer diesel locomotives, the fourth letter denotes their [[horsepower]] range. Not all diesel locomotives were reclassified, and the fourth letter continues to denotes their model number.

A locomotive may have a fifth letter, generally denoting a technical variant, subclass or subtype: a variation in the basic model or series, or a different motor or manufacturer. Under the new system, the fifth letter further refines horsepower in 100-hp increments: ''A'' for 100 hp, ''B'' for 200 hp, ''C'' for 300 hp and so on. A WDP-3A is a {{convert|3100|hp|kW|abbr=on}} locomotive, and a WDM-3F is {{convert|3600|hp|kW|abbr=on}}.

The system does not apply to steam locomotives, which are no longer used on main lines. They retain their original class names, such as M- or [[Indian locomotive class WP|WP-class]].

=== Nomenclature ===

* First letter (gauge):
** W – [[Broad gauge]] (wide) – {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}}
** Y – [[Metre gauge]] ([[yard]]) – {{Track gauge|1000mm}}
** Z – {{Track gauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} [[Narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]]
** N – {{Track gauge|2ft|lk=on}} narrow (toy) gauge
* Second letter (motive power):
** D – Diesel
** C – [[Direct current|DC]] electric (DC [[overhead line]])
** A – [[Alternating current|AC]] electric (AC overhead line)
** CA – DC and AC (AC or DC overhead line); CA is considered one letter
** B – Battery (rare)
* Third letter (usage):
** G – [[Rail freight transport|Goods]]
** P – Passenger
** M – Mixed (goods and passenger)
** S – [[Shunting (rail)|Shunting]] (switching)
** U – [[Multiple unit]] ([[Electric multiple unit|electric]] or [[Diesel multiple unit|diesel]])
** R – [[Railcar]]

In [[Indian locomotive class WCM-4|WCM-4]], W denotes broad gauge; C denotes DC Electric power; M denotes mixed use (goods and passenger service), and 4 denotes fourth Generation. In [[WAP 5]], W is broad gauge; A is AC electric; P is passenger service, and 5 indicates that the locomotive is the fifth model used.

== Broad-gauge locomotives ==
Broad-gauge electric classification codes are:

* WAM - Wide AC electric mixed
* WAP - Wide AC electric passenger
* WAG - Wide AC electric goods
* WCM - Wide DC electric mixed
* WCP - Wide DC electric passenger
* WCG - Wide DC electric goods
* WCAM - Wide AC/DC electric mixed
* WCAG - Wide AC/DC electric goods
* WCAS - Wide AC/DC electric shunter

=== AC mixed class (WAM Series) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
![[Wheel arrangement|Wheel]]
[[Wheel arrangement|Arr]]
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAM-1|WAM-1]]
|[[Krauss-Maffei|Kraus-Maffei]], Krupp, SFAC, La Brugeoise & Nivelle (50 cycles European group)
|B-B
|100
|1959-1961
|3010 HP
|Retired
|1
|First mainline electric locomotive
|[[File:WAM-1.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAM-2/3|WAM-2]]
|[[Mitsubishi]]
|[[Bo-Bo]]
|36
|1960-64
|2910 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAM-2/3|WAM-3]]
|[[Mitsubishi]]
|Bo-Bo
|2
|1964
|2400 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAM-4|WAM-4]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|500
|1970-1983
|3850 HP
|In service
|6 Earmarked
|
|[[File:AJJ WAM4.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|}

=== AC passenger class (WAP series) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
!Wheel
Arr
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAP-1|WAP-1]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|65
|1980-1996
|3900 HP
|In service
|1 Earmarked
|
|[[File:AJJ WAP1.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAM-2/3|WAP-2]]
|[[Mitsubishi]]
|Bo-Bo
|4 rebuilt from WAM-2
|1960–1964
|2910 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAP-3|WAP-3]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|9, all rebuilt from WAP-1
|1987-1988
|3900 HP
|Retired/ In service as WAP-1
|None
|
|[[File:AJJ WAP-4.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|778
|1993-2015
|5350 HP
|In service
|
|
|[[File:BRC WAP4.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAP-5|WAP-5]]
|[[ABB]]/[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Bo-Bo
|221
|1995– present
|6000 HP
|In service
|
|
|[[File:BRC WAP5 30177.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAP-6|WAP-6]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|17
|1995-1998
|5350 HP
|Retired/ In service as WAP-4
|
|
|[[File:Kaziranga Express (SBC-Guwahati) at Khalor, West Bengal.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|1407
|2000– present
|6350 HP
|In service
|
|
|[[File:BRC WAP-7.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|}

=== AC goods class (WAG series) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
!Wheel
Arrangement
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserve
!Comments
!Picture
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-1|WAG-1]]
|Niv./SFAC/
[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|B-B
|112
|1963-1966
|2930 HP
|Retired
|1 unit
|
|[[File:WAG1 20710 locomotive.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-2|WAG-2]]
|[[Hitachi]] /[[Toshiba]] /[[Mitsubishi]]
|B-B
|45
|1964-1965
|3450 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|[[File:Wag2.png|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-3|WAG-3]]
|[[Henschel & Son|Henschel]]/[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|B-B
|10
|1965
|3300 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-4|WAG-4]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|B-B
|186
|1967-1969
|3590 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG-5]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]/[[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]
|Co-Co
|1196
|1978-1998
|4360 HP
|In service
|1 unit
|
|[[File:BL WAG5 TWINS.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-6A|WAG-6A]]
|[[ASEA]]
|Bo-Bo-Bo
|6
|1988-1989
|6110 HP
|In Service
|1 unit
|
|[[File:WAG-6A loco with a BCNA freight train 01.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-6B/C|WAG-6B]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|Bo-Bo-Bo
|6
|1988
|6110 HP
|In Service
|1 unit
|
|[[File:VSKP based WAG-6C locos at Koraput.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-6B/C|WAG-6C]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|Co-Co
|6
|1988
|6110 HP
|In Service
|1 unit
|
|[[File:VSKP based WAG-6C locos at Koraput.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]/[[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]
|Co-Co
|1970
|1990-2015
|5350 HP
|In service
|1 unit earmarked
|
|[[File:A Ludhiana based WAG 7 electric loco at Sitaphalmandi.jpg|frameless]] <br> [[File:BZA WAG7 28543.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-8|WAG-8]]
|[[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]
|Co-Co
|1
|1990
|5000 HP
|Retired/ Never went into service
|None
|
|
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-9|WAG-9]]
|[[ABB]]/[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]/[[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]
|Co-Co
|2540
|1996-present
|6125 HP
|In service
|
|
|[[File:TATA WAG9HC.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAGC3/WAG-10|WAG-10]]
|[[Banaras Locomotive Works|BLW]]
|Co-Co-Co-Co
|2
|2018-present
|10000 HP
|In Service
|
|
|[[File:BNDM WAGC3-WAG10.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-11|WAG-11]]
|[[Banaras Locomotive Works|BLW]]
|Co-Co-Co-Co/Co-Co
|4
|2018-present
|11000 HP
|Undergoing Trials
|
|
|[[File:WAG-11 29003.jpg|frameless]]
|
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WAG-12|WAG-12]]
|[[Alstom]]
|Bo-Bo-Bo-Bo
|133
|2017-present
|12000 HP
|In Service
|
|
|[[File:SRE WAG12B 60064.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|}

=== DC mixed class (WCM series) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
!Wheel
Arr
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCM-1|WCM-1]]
|[[English Electric]]/[[Vulcan Foundry]]
|Co-Co
|7
|1954-1955
|3700 HP
|Retired
|1
|
|[[File:An-Rail-Engine-display-in-ICF-Rail-Museum-Chennai.JPG|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCM-2|WCM-2]]
|[[English Electric]]/[[Vulcan Foundry]]
|Co-Co
|12
|1956-1957
|3120 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|[[File:WCM 2.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCM-3|WCM-3]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|Co-Co
|3
|1958
|3600 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|[[File:WCM-3.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCM-4|WCM-4]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|Co-Co
|7
|1960
|4000 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|[[File:WCM 4.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCM-5|WCM-5]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|21
|1961-1963
|3700 HP
|Retired
|1 unit
|
|[[File:WCM 5.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCM-6|WCM-6]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|2
|1995
|5000 HP
|In service
|
|
|
|-
|}

=== DC passenger class (WCP series) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
!Wheel
Arr
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
|WCP-1
|[[Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works|SLM]] /
[[Metropolitan-Vickers|MetroVick]]
|2-Bo-A1
|22
|1928-30
|2160 HP
|Retired
|1 unit
|
|[[File:Electric loco 4006.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|WCP-2
|[[Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works|SLM]] /
[[Metropolitan-Vickers|MetroVick]]
|2-Bo-A1
|1
|1938
|2160 HP
|Retired
|1 unit
|
|[[File:Bahn-Transport GIPR EA2.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|WCP-3
|[[RW Hawthorn, Leslie & Company|Hawthorn Leslie]], [[Marconi Company]]
|2-Co-2
|1
|1928
|2250 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|[[File:GIPR EC1 4002.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|WCP-4
|[[RW Hawthorn, Leslie & Company|Hawthorn Leslie]], [[Brown, Boveri & Cie|BBC]]
|2-Co-2
|1
|1928
|2390 HP
|Retired
|None
|
|[[File:GIPR EC1 4002.jpg|frameless]]
|}

=== DC goods class (WCG series) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
!Wheel
Arr
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCG-1|WCG-1]]
|[[Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works|SLM]] /
[[Metropolitan-Vickers|MetroVick]]

/[[Vulcan Foundry]]
|C+C
|41
|1928-1929
|2600-2890 HP
|Retired
|2 units
|
|[[File:Indian locomotive class WCG1.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCG-2|WCG-2]]
|[[Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works|SLM]] /
[[Metropolitan-Vickers|MetroVick]]
|Co-Co
|57
|1970-1976
|4200 HP
|Retired
|2 units
|
|[[File:WCG2 triplet Indian Railways.jpg|frameless]]
|}

=== Dual current (DC and AC) mixed class (WCAM Series) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
![[Wheel arrangement|Wheel]]
[[Wheel arrangement|Arr]]
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCAM-1|WCAM-1]]
|[[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]]
|Co-Co
|54
|1975-1979
|
* 2930 HP DC
* 3640 HP AC
|Retired
|None
|First mainline electric locomotive
|[[File:19011 (BCT-ADI) Gujarat Express.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCAM-2|WCAM-2]]
|[[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]
|Co-Co
|20
|1995-1996
|
* 3780 HP DC
* 4720 HP AC
|In service
|
|
|[[File:KYN WCAM twins.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCAM-3|WCAM-3]]
|[[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]
|Co-Co
|53
|1997-1998
|
* 4600 HP DC
* 5000 HP AC
|In service
|
|
|[[File:Wcam3 kurla.jpg|frameless]]
|}

=== Dual current (DC and AC) goods class (WCAG Series) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
![[Wheel arrangement|Wheel]]
[[Wheel arrangement|Arr]]
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
|[[Indian locomotive class WCAG-1|WCAG-1]]
|[[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]
|Co-Co
|12
|1999-2000
|
* 4600 HP DC
* 5000 HP AC
|In service
|
|
|[[File:KYN WCAG1 twins.jpg|frameless]]
|}

== Metre-gauge locomotives ==
Metre-gauge electric classification codes are:

* YAM – Metre gauge AC electric mixed
* YCG – Metre gauge DC electric goods

=== AC mixed class (YAM Series) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
![[Wheel arrangement|Wheel]]
[[Wheel arrangement|Arr]]
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
| [[Indian locomotive class YAM-1|YAM-1]] || [[Mitsubishi]] || B-B || 20 || 1964-66 || 1740 || Retired || || Twenty 1,740 hp (1,300 kW) locomotives, imported from Japan, were in service until 2004 in the Chennai area. || [[File:YAm1-21922.jpg|frameless]]
|}

=== DC goods class (YCG series) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Manufacturer
![[Wheel arrangement|Wheel]]
[[Wheel arrangement|Arr]]
!Quantity
Built
!Built year(s)
!Power
!Current Status
!Preserved units
!Comments
!Picture
|-
| [[Indian locomotive class YCG-1|YCG-1]] || HL / EE || Bo+Bo || 4 || 1930 || 640 || Retired || || Among India's earliest electric locomotives, the class was imported to serve the Chennai area in the early 1930s || [[File:YCG-1 21900.jpg|frameless]]
|}

==See also==

* [[List of diesel locomotives of India]]
* [[Locomotives of India]]
* [[Rail transport in India]]

==References==
{{commons category|Electric locomotives of India}}

===Notes===
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
* Databook of Electric Locomotives published by [[Research Design and Standards Organisation|RDSO]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200616093731/https://rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/works/uploads/File/Data%20Book%20of%20Electric%20Locomotives%202016%283%29.pdf# archive link]
*{{Hughes-IndianLocos4}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200616093731/https://rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/works/uploads/File/Data%20Book%20of%20Electric%20Locomotives%202016%283%29.pdf# Databook of Electric locomotives May 2016]
{{refend}}

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