Indian locomotive class WCM-4

The Indian locomotive class WCM-4 was a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives developed in the late 1950s by Hitachi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Direct Current (C), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 4th generation (4). A total of 7 WCM-4 locomotives were built in Japan in 1959 for Central Railways.

History Indian Railways decided to procure seven locomotives from Hitachi. They were manufactured in Japan and shipped to India in 1959. These locomotives had now-common Co-Co wheel arrangement. Initially the WCM-4 class were known as EM/4 class.

Indian locomotive class WCM-4

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