Indian locomotive class WDM-4

The class WDM-4 is the fourth class of India's wide-gauge (W),

diesel-fueled (D) and mixed-load (M) series, capable of hauling both
WDM-4 [1]
freight and passenger trains. Despite the classification, it was never
seen hauling freight trains. It is not known as to why IR decided to
allot 4th class instead of 3rd as there was no WDM-3 at the time. This
was India's first EMD locomotive, designated as GT16. [2] These were
the fastest locomotives in India till the arrival of WAP-3. It does not
come under the standard diesel classification system of IR. Similar to
WDM-2, it could only haul 9 coaches. So for 18 coach Rajdhani
Express, there used to be 2 locos of this class. One of them #18001, is
preserved at National Rail Museum, Delhi. The gap in road numbers is
due to the units delivered in Pakistan. #18004, #18022, #18098 and
Preserved loco at National Rail Museum, New
#18107 were purchased by IRCON International and sent to
Delhi
Bangladesh for construction work. These were withdrawn due to over-
ageing. These in the end hauled passengers on Dehradun - Moradabad Type and origin
- Lucknow - Varanasi - Mughalsarai - Buxar - Patna - Howrah Power type Diesel
sections.[3] Builder Electro-Motive
Diesels
Model GT16; SD-24

Contents Build date 1962

Total produced 72
Technical specifications
Trains hauled by WDM-4 Specifications
Sheds Holding WDM-4 Configuration:
Preserved • AAR C-C
See also • UIC Co-Co, Co'Co'
References
Gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Bogies Flexicoil Mark I cast
steel
Technical specifications
Loco weight 112,800 kg
Hauling 2,400 tonnes (2,400 long tons; 2,600 short
(248,700 lb)
capacity tons) Fuel type Diesel fuel
Governor Woodwards Engine type two-stroke V16
diesel
Trains hauled by WDM-4 Aspiration Turbo-Supercharged
Cylinders 16
Doon Express
Howrah Rajdhani Express Transmission Diesel electric
AC Express (now Poorva Express) Train brakes Vacuum
Himgiri Express
Kashi Vishwanath Express Performance figures
Bareilly-Mughalsarai Passenger Maximum Restricted: 120 km/h
Ganga Gomti Express speed (75 mph)
 Running: 130 km/h
Sheds Holding WDM-4
(81 mph)
Mughalsarai (MGS) Rated: 140 km/h
(87 mph)

Preserved Tested: 145 km/h

(90 mph)
The very first unit #18001 is preserved at National Rail Museum and
Power 2,600 hp (1,900 kW)/
another unit from the second batch #18086 is preserved plinthed at output 2,430 hp (1,810 kW)
Lucknow (Alambagh) Diesel Locoshed.
Tractive 28,200 kgf (276,548 N;
effort 62,170 lbf)
See also
Career
History of rail transport in India Operators Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Locomotives of India
Numbers 18000-039, 18080-
Rail transport in India 18111
Locale Northern Railway
References Withdrawn 2001
Preserved 2 (#18001, #18086)
1. "IRFCAspecs" (http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-specs.html#WD
M-4). Disposition Withdrawn
2. "TrainWeb.org" (http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/gt16.htm).
3. "IRFCA" (http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-loco2d.html#wdm-4).

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