Indian locomotive class WCM-2

The Indian locomotive class WCM-2 was a class of twelve electric locomotives that English Electric and Vulcan Foundry built in England in 1956 and 1957 for Indian Railways, which first knew them as the EM/2 class. They were designed for the 3 kV DC suburban lines around Kolkata, where they replaced steam traction, and they entered service in 1957. When that area was converted to 25 kV AC by 1960, the locomotives were modified to run on the 1.5 kV DC supply of the Central Railway around Mumbai without loss of power and moved there in 1961. They hauled express trains such as the Deccan Queen but were rarely used on freight. All were withdrawn by 2000 after repeated failures and have since been scrapped.