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List of electric locomotives of India

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This is a list of all 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 3,100 hp (2,300 kW) locomotive, and a WDM-3F is 3,600 hp (2,700 kW).

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 WP-class.

Nomenclature

  • First letter (gauge):
    • W – Broad gauge (wide) – 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
    • Y – Metre gauge (yard) – 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
    • Z – 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge
    • N – 2 ft (610 mm) narrow (toy) gauge
  • Second letter (motive power):
    • D – Diesel
    • C – DC electric (DC overhead line)
    • A – 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):

In 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)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
WAM-1 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
WAM-2 Mitsubishi Bo-Bo 36 1960-64 2910 HP Retired None File:WAM-2.jpg
WAM-3 Mitsubishi Bo-Bo 2 1964 2400 HP Retired None File:WAM-3.jpg
WAM-4 CLW Co-Co 500 1970-1983 3850 HP In service 6 Earmarked  

AC passenger class (WAP series)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
WAP-1 CLW Co-Co 65 1980-1996 3900 HP In service 1 Earmarked File:AJJ WAP-1 22038.jpg
WAP-2 Mitsubishi Bo-Bo 4 rebuilt from WAM-2 1960–1964 2910 HP Retired None
WAP-3 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
WAP-4 CLW Co-Co 778 1993-2015 5350 HP In service File:BRC WAP4.jpg
WAP-5 ABB/CLW Bo-Bo 221 1995– present 6000 HP In service File:BRC WAP5 30177.jpg
WAP-6 CLW Co-Co 17 1995-1998 5350 HP Retired/ In service as WAP-4  
WAP-7 CLW Co-Co 1407 2000– present 6350 HP In service File:BRC WAP-7.jpg

AC goods class (WAG series)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arrangement

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserve Comments Picture
WAG-1 Niv./SFAC/

CLW

B-B 112 1963-1966 2930 HP Retired 1 unit  
WAG-2 Hitachi /Toshiba /Mitsubishi B-B 45 1964-1965 3450 HP Retired None  
WAG-3 Henschel/CLW B-B 10 1965 3300 HP Retired None
WAG-4 CLW B-B 186 1967-1969 3590 HP Retired None
WAG-5 CLW/BHEL Co-Co 1196 1978-1998 4360 HP In service 1 unit File:BL WAG5 TWINS.jpg
WAG-6A ASEA Bo-Bo-Bo 6 1988-1989 6110 HP In Service 1 unit  
WAG-6B Hitachi Bo-Bo-Bo 6 1988 6110 HP In Service 1 unit  
WAG-6C Hitachi Co-Co 6 1988 6110 HP In Service 1 unit  
WAG-7 CLW/BHEL Co-Co 1970 1990-2015 5350 HP In service 1 unit earmarked  
File:BZA WAG7 28543.jpg
WAG-8 BHEL Co-Co 1 1990 5000 HP Retired/ Never went into service None
WAG-9 ABB/CLW/BHEL Co-Co 2540 1996-present 6125 HP In service File:TATA WAG9HC.jpg
WAG-10 BLW Co-Co-Co-Co 2 2018-present 10000 HP In Service File:BNDM WAGC3-WAG10.jpg
WAG-11 BLW Co-Co-Co-Co/Co-Co 4 2018-present 11000 HP Undergoing Trials File:WAG-11 29003.jpg
WAG-12 Alstom Bo-Bo-Bo-Bo 133 2017-present 12000 HP In Service File:SRE WAG12B 60064.jpg

DC mixed class (WCM series)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
WCM-1 English Electric/Vulcan Foundry Co-Co 7 1954-1955 3700 HP Retired 1  
WCM-2 English Electric/Vulcan Foundry Co-Co 12 1956-1957 3120 HP Retired None File:WCM 2.jpg
WCM-3 Hitachi Co-Co 3 1958 3600 HP Retired None File:WCM-3.jpg
WCM-4 Hitachi Co-Co 7 1960 4000 HP Retired None  
WCM-5 CLW Co-Co 21 1961-1963 3700 HP Retired 1 unit File:WCM 5.jpg
WCM-6 CLW Co-Co 2 1995 5000 HP In service

DC passenger class (WCP series)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
WCP-1 SLM /

MetroVick

2-Bo-A1 22 1928-30 2160 HP Retired 1 unit  
WCP-2 SLM /

MetroVick

2-Bo-A1 1 1938 2160 HP Retired 1 unit  
WCP-3 Hawthorn Leslie, Marconi Company 2-Co-2 1 1928 2250 HP Retired None  
WCP-4 Hawthorn Leslie, BBC 2-Co-2 1 1928 2390 HP Retired None  

DC goods class (WCG series)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
WCG-1 SLM /

MetroVick

/Vulcan Foundry

C+C 41 1928-1929 2600-2890 HP Retired 2 units  
WCG-2 SLM /

MetroVick

Co-Co 57 1970-1976 4200 HP Retired 2 units  

Dual current (DC and AC) mixed class (WCAM Series)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
WCAM-1 CLW Co-Co 54 1975-1979
  • 2930 HP DC
  • 3640 HP AC
 Retired None First mainline electric locomotive  
WCAM-2 BHEL Co-Co 20 1995-1996
  • 3780 HP DC
  • 4720 HP AC
 In service File:KYN WCAM twins.jpg
WCAM-3 BHEL Co-Co 53 1997-1998
  • 4600 HP DC
  • 5000 HP AC
 In service  

Dual current (DC and AC) goods class (WCAG Series)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
WCAG-1 BHEL Co-Co 12 1999-2000
  • 4600 HP DC
  • 5000 HP AC
 In service File:KYN WCAG1 twins.jpg

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)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
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.  

DC goods class (YCG series)

Name Manufacturer Wheel

Arr

Quantity

Built

Built year(s) Power Current Status Preserved units Comments Picture
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  

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

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