Withdrawn from service and all except one scrapped
The Indian locomotive classWAM-1 was a class of 25kVACelectric locomotives that was developed in the late 1950s by theGroupement 50Hz (a consortium of European locomotive manufacturers) forIndian Railways. The model name stands forbroad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Mixed traffic (M) locomotive, 1st generation (1). They entered service in 1960, thus making them the first AC electriclocomotives to be in service in India. A total of 100 WAM-1s were built by the European consortium between 1959 and 1961, which made them the most numerous class of mainline electric locomotive until theWAG-1.[1][2]
The WAM-1 served both passenger and freight trains for over 40 years. This class, though initially not a great success, provided the basic design for theWAM-4, which a number of other locomotives are based upon. However, with the advent of new 3-phase locomotives like theWAP-5 andWAP-7,[original research?] the aging fleet of WAM-1 locomotives were relegated to freight and shunting duties, with all of them eventually being withdrawn from service. The single surviving unit named 'Jagjivan Ram' has been preserved at theKolkata Rail Museum in Howrah.
