List of electric locomotives of India

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.

Syntax

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 (job type):
- G – Goods
- P – Passenger
- M – Mixed (goods and passenger)
- S – Shunting (switching)
- U – Multiple unit (electric or diesel)
- R – Railcar

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

AC mixed class (WAM Series)

Name	Manufacturer	Wheel Arr	Quantity Built	Built year(s)	Power	Current Status	Preserved units	Comments
WAM-1	Kraus-Maffei, Krupp, SFAC, La Brugeoise & Nivelle (50 cycles European group)	B-B	100	1959-1960	3010 HP	Retired	1	First mainline electric locomotive
WAM-2	Mitsubishi	Bo-Bo	36	1960-64	2910 HP	Retired	None
WAM-3	Mitsubishi	Bo-Bo	2	1964	2400 HP	Retired	None
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
WAP-1	CLW	Co-Co	77	1980-1996	3900 HP	In service	1 Earmarked
WAP-2	Mitsubishi	Bo-Bo	2 or 3, all rebuilt from WAM-2	1998–2002	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
WAP-4	CLW	Co-Co	778	1993-2015	5350 HP	In service
WAP-5	ABB / CLW	Bo-Bo	198	1995– present	6000 HP	In service
WAP-6	CLW	Co-Co	16	1997	5350 HP	Retired/ In service as WAP-4
WAP-7	CLW	Co-Co	1236	2000– present	6350 HP	In service

AC goods class (WAG series)

Name	Manufacturer	Wheel Arrangement	Quantity Built	Built year(s)	Power	Current Status	Preserve
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	1966-1971	3590 HP	Retired	None
WAG-5	CLW/BHEL	Co-Co	1196	1978-1998	4360 HP	In service	1 unit
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	1992-	5350 HP	In service	1 unit earmarked
WAG-8	BHEL	Co-Co	1	1991	5000 HP	Retired	None
WAG-9	ABB / CLW/BHEL	Bo-Bo	2054	1996-present	6125 HP	In service
WAG-10	BLW	Co-Co-Co-Co	1	2018-present	10000 HP	In Service
WAG-11	BLW	Co-Co-Co-Co	3	2019-present	11000 HP	Undergoing Trials
WAG-12	Alstom	Bo-Bo-Bo-Bo	30	2018-present	12000 HP	In Service

DC mixed class (WCM series)

Name	Manufacturer	Wheel Arr	Quantity Built	Built year(s)	Power	Current Status	Preserved units
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
WCM-3	Hitachi	Co-Co	3	1958	3600 HP	Retired	None
WCM-4	Hitachi	Co-Co	7	1960	4000 HP	Retired	None
WCM-5	CLW	Co-Co	21	1961-1963	3700 HP	Retired	1 unit
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
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
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
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

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

References

Notes

Bibliography

Databook of Electric Locomotives published by RDSO, archive link
Hughes, Hugh (1996). Indian Locomotives: Part 4 – 1941–1990. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9521655-1-1.
Databook of Electric locomotives May 2016

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