{"id":621107,"date":"2023-12-05T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T04:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=621107"},"modified":"2023-12-05T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T05:42:55","slug":"meet-the-beast-of-indian-railways-indias-most-powerful-electric-locomotive-know-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/meet-the-beast-of-indian-railways-indias-most-powerful-electric-locomotive-know-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the \u2018Beast of Indian Railways\u2019: India\u2019s most powerful electric locomotive \u2013 Know more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Railways has shared a video of the \u2018Beast of Indian Railways\u2019 on its official X account. The video showcases the WAG 12B, India\u2019s most powerful electric locomotive, which can haul heavy freight trains at high speeds. <\/p>\n<p>The WAG 12B is a product of the \u2018Make in India\u2019 programme and is a milestone in the development of the railways. <\/p>\n<p>What makes the WAG 12B a beast? <\/p>\n<p>The WAG 12B is a 12,000 horsepower (HP) electric locomotive, which is twice as powerful as its immediate predecessor WAG-9. It can pull 6,000 tonnes of load at a top speed of 120 kmph. It has a Bo-Bo design with 22.5 tonnes of axle load, which can be upgraded to 25 tonnes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Railways has shared a video of the \u2018Beast of Indian Railways\u2019 on its official X account. The video showcases the WAG 12B, India\u2019s most powerful electric locomotive, which can haul heavy freight trains at high speeds. The WAG 12B is a product of the \u2018Make in India\u2019 programme and is a milestone in the development of the railways. What makes the WAG 12B a beast? The WAG 12B is a 12,000 horsepower (HP) electric locomotive, which is twice as powerful as its immediate predecessor WAG-9. It can pull 6,000 tonnes of load at a top speed of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,264,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-railways-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}