Railways Inducts 100th ‘Made In India’ Electric Locomotive on Network

Indian Railways authorities inducted the 100th ‘Made in India’ electric locomotive or e-loco in its fleet on May 6, 2021, which was build in the country’s largest integrated greenfield manufacturing facilities.

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The loco is named WAG 12 B with number 60100. The locomotive is manufactured by Madhepura Electric Locomotive Pvt. Ltd. (MELPL).

These locomotives are state of the art IGBT based, 3 phase drive and 12000 horse power electric locomotive. These high horse power locomotives will help to decongest the saturated tracks by improving average speed and loading capacity of freight trains.

These locomotive are proving to be a game changer for further movement of coal trains for Dedicated Freight Corridor.

First 12000 HP Made in India Locomotive, manufactured by Madhepura Electric Loco Factory situated in Bihar, was put into operation by Indian Railways from Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn Station on 18.05.2020.