- Indian Railways’ freight locomotive began its journey from Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay railway station in Uttar Pradesh
- The WAG12B locomotive of Indian Railways will allow faster and safer movement of heavier freight trains
Indian Railways’ most powerful locomotive, the WAG12B has joined the vat network of Indian Railways. WAG12B is equipped with 12000 HP and has been manufactured along with the French company Alstom.
The locomotive started its services from Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyay railway station in Uttar Pradesh. The locomotive is capable of taking heavy consignment of freight and will be used in the Dedicated Freight Corridor(DFC).
The loco is named WAG12 with Number 60027. The train departed from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Station at 14:08 hrs in long haul formation for Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway, consisting of 118 wagons which traveled from Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn to Barwadih via Dehri-on-Sone, Garhwa Road.
India became 6th country in the world to join the elite club of producing high horse power locomotive indegenously.
