diesel is the most powerful engine in indian railways.
diesel is the most powerful engine in indian railways.
which is the most powerful engine in indian railways?
diesel
the wap 7 (wide/broad gauge "a"c electric "p"assenger, class "7") is a three-phase ac electric passenger locomotive developed by the chittaranjan locomotive works. it is the most powerful passenger locomotive in the indian railways' fleet. it is a passenger variant of the wag 9 freight locomotive with a modified gear ratio to pull lighter loads at higher speeds. it is capable of hauling 24 coach trains at speeds ranging , depending on the mps (maximum permissible speed) of the sector, and is now largely used by northern railways (nr), south central railways (scr), central railways (cr), south east central railway zone (secr), southern railways (sr), south eastern railways (ser), west central railways (wcr), eastern railways (er), western railway zone (wr) & north central railway zone (ncr) among other zones. as of june 2019, there are 729 locomotives in service, all of which are fitted with tightlock couplers (for central buffer coupling) and chain link couplers. in february 2017, diesel locomotive works built their first wap 7 class locomotive.
indian locomotive class wap-7
the indian railways institute of mechanical and electrical engineering (irimee), was founded in 1888 as a technical school and commenced training mechanical officers for indian railways in 1927. it is the oldest of the five centralised training institutes (ctis) for training officers for indian railways. irimee is located at jamalpur in the munger district of bihar, on the patna-bhagalpur rail route. irimee provides theoretical and practical training for a four-year undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering as well as professional courses to officers and supervisors of indian railways. there are also courses for non-railway organizations and foreign railways.









































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indian railways institute of mechanical and electrical engineering