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WAP 5 is the name of a class of electric locomotive used by Indian Railways. The first 10 locomotives were imported from ABB in Switzerland in 1995. They are supposed to be a variant of the Swiss Lok 2000 (Design Concept) and German DB Class 120 (mechanical chassis). Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) started production in 2000. It was designed to haul 18-coach passenger trains at . It is the first 3-phase locomotive in India. Other notable features of this locomotive are the provision of taps from the main transformers for Head end power (HEP or Hotel Load), pantry loads, flexible gear coupling and wheel-mounted disc brakes. Braking systems include loco disc brakes, automatic train air brakes, and a charged spring parking brake. The Bhopal Shatabdi hauled by a WAP-5 travels at in the New Delhi - Agra Cantt section. Some of the units homed at Vadodara shed have air-conditioning. The production had been paused for a long time due to an indigenous replacement of the Hirth coupling. But now the production has resumed with the indigenous replacement. On 3 July 2014, a WAP-5 set an Indian speed record by hauling a train from Delhi to Agra at within 90 minutes at a speed of . ==Sheds holding WAP-5== *Ghaziabad (GZB) holds 43 WAP 5s. *Vadodara (BRC) holds 40 WAP 5s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indian locomotive class WAP-5」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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