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{{Infobox locomotive
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| builder = {{ubl|[[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|R&W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.]]|[[General Electric Company]] (GEC)}}
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| builddate = 1928
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The Indian locomotive class '''WCP-3''' is a class of 1.5 [[Volt|kV]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[electric locomotive]]s that was developed in late 1920s by [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie]] for [[Indian Railways]]. The model name stands for [[5 ft 6 in gauge railway|broad gauge (W)]], Direct Current (C), Passenger traffic (P) engine, 3rd generation (3). They entered service in 1930. A single WCP-3 was built at England between 1928 and 1929.

The WCP-1 served both passenger trains for over 40 years. With the introduction of more modern types of locomotives and 25 KV [[Alternating current|AC]] electrification, all were withdrawn by early 1960s. Today the locomotive is scrapped.

== History ==
The electrification of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|Great Indian Peninsular Railway]] (GIPR) began in 1922. Powerful locomotives were required to transport the express trains on the mountain railway to overcome the Western Ghats. They also had to be able to reach speeds of 85 miles an hour (137 km / h)<ref>{{citation|surname1=Jakob Buchli|periodical=[[Schweizerische Bauzeitung]]|title=Universal-Antrieb "Winterthur" für elektrische Lokomotiven|volume=Band 90|issue=23|year=1927|at=pp. 294–296|language=de|doi=10.5169/seals-41817
}}</ref> - a very high speed at that time, which was not even the case with the E 501 and 502 of the [[Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans|Paris-Orleans Railway]] had been requested.<ref name=":0">{{citation|surname1=Mitteilung der SLM|periodical=[[Schweizerische Bauzeitung]]|title=Neuerungen im mechanischen Aufbau elektrischer Schnellzuglokomotiven|volume=Band 89|issue=13|year=1927|at=pp. 174–175|language=de|doi=10.5169/seals-41673
}}</ref> Three test locomotives were therefore ordered from different manufacturers in order to be able to select a suitable design for the series. The tender and evaluation was monitored by the UK electrical engineering firm Merz & McLellan in London.

GIPR ordered the following test locomotives in 1923.

== Specification ==
The locomotive has three individually driven axles and two two-axle bogies. The axes were driven by a hollow shaft drive from GEC. Technically, it should have some similarities with [[LNER Class EE1|No. 13]] of the [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]] (NER), otherwise little is known about this locomotive.

== See also ==

*[[History of rail transport in India]]
*[[Indian Railways]]
*[[Locomotives of India]]
*[[Rail transport in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Books ==
*{{Cite book|title=2,600 H.P. 0-6-6-0 Electric Freight Locomotive, Great Indian Peninsula Railway|publisher=Vulcan Foundry|url=http://enuii.com/vulcan_foundry/photographs/Pre%20EE%20Diesel/vulcan%20gipr%20electric.pdf}}

==External links==
*http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-specs.html#WCP-3
*[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-loco2e.html]
*[http://www.irfca.org India railway fan club]

{{Broad gauge locomotives of India |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Electric locomotives of India]]
[[Category:1500 V DC locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1928]]
[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge locomotives]]
[[Category:SLM locomotives]]

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