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Feb 28 2018 (14:32) East Central Railway testing Bihar's 12000 hp electric locomotive (wap.business-standard.com)
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East Central Railways has started testing the first 12000 horse power freight locomotive at the Ministry of Railway-Alstom joint venture factory 'Madhepura Electric Locomotive Pvt. Ltd.'...

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Feb 28 2018 (14:37)
TouristerDivyanshu^~
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Avg speed or top speed?
100-120???
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Feb 28 2018 (14:54)
FraudsterConman
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top speeds of this locomotive is 574.8 kpmh. See world record of 12000 HP Alstom-ABL Locomotive for TGV.
in Indian condition, top speed will be 200-225 kph, with average speed between 81-135 kph.
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Feb 28 2018 (15:15)
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No, the maximum possible speed of this locomotive is 120kmph. It is a freight locomotive and it is geared for lower speeds and higher torque.
This has no relation to the TGV train that set the world record of 574.8kmph. That was a short rake with 3 'powered' coaches and 2 power cars, run at 31KV catenary voltage (higher than the standard 25KV voltage) , basically equivalent to about 26000HP. It was more of a trainset than a locomotive powered train.
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WAG12 locomotives are not designed for high speed operations. They are freight locomotives designed for hauling heavy loads at moderate speeds. 120kmph (or 75mph) is pretty much the standard maximum speed for freight locomotives all around the world.

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