The Indian locomotive class WAG-5 is a class of 25 kV AC electric goods locomotives developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The name reads broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic (G), fifth generation (5). The locomotives entered service in 1980 and 1,196 were built by the Chittaranjan works and by Bharat Heavy Electricals between 1978 and 1998, the most numerous mainline electric class until the WAG-7 followed. The article describes it as one of the most successful Indian Railways locomotives, with more than 43 years of freight and passenger service, and says its design became the basis for the WAG-7 and the WCM-6. Newer three-phase locomotives such as the WAG-9 and WAG-12 have moved it to smaller passenger trains, and the ageing fleet is being withdrawn and scrapped.
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is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways
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is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways
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A total of 1,196 WAG-5 were built at CLW and BHEL between 1978 and 1998
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A total of 1,196 WAG-5 were built at CLW and BHEL between 1978 and 1998
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is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways
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is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways
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is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways
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is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways
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is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways
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