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The Indian locomotive class WAM-4 is a very successful class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives used in India. The first member of the class was indigenously designed and built by CLW in 1970-71. The class was produced until about 1997.The locomotives in the class feature rheostatic braking and MU capability. They use the same power bogies as the successful WDM-2 class of diesel-electric locomotives. Being designed specially for mixed traffic the WAM-4 class has rendered excellent service.