Indian locomotive class WAG-12
Indian Railway freight class high horsepower electric locomotive
Indian locomotive class WAG-12
The Indian locomotive class WAG-12B is a class of 25 kV AC twin section electric locomotives that was developed in 2017 by Alstom with technological collaboration with Indian Railways. The model name stands for wide gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic (G) locomotive-12. They entered trial service in 2019. As of March 2026, a total of 598 WAG-12B were built at the Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura, Bihar, India. With a power output of 12,000 hp, the WAG 12 is twice as powerful as its immediate predecessor, WAG-9. The locomotive was developed for use on dedicated freight corridors, where it is used to haul freight trains weighing more than 6,000 tonnes (5,900 long tons; 6,600 short tons) at speeds of 100 km/h (62 mph) to 120 km/h (75 mph), doubling the average speed of freight trains in the sector.
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