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Indian Railways WAP-7

Diesel and Electric Locomotives

The WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways, entering service in 2000. Its class designation denotes a broad gauge, alternating current, passenger locomotive of the seventh generation, and the type has since been built at Chittaranjan, Banaras and Patiala locomotive works to power many of India's premier express trains.

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