Build date | 1928–1931 |
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Total produced | 72 |
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Specifications |
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Configuration:
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• Whyte | 4-6-2 |
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• UIC | 2′C1′h2 |
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Gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) |
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Driver dia. | 6 ft 2 in (1.880 m) |
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Axle load | 19.5 long tons (19.8 t; 21.8 short tons) |
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Fuel type | Coal |
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Cylinders | Two, outside |
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Cylinder size | 23 in × 28 in (584 mm × 711 mm) |
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Valve gear | Walschaerts |
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The Indian locomotive class XC was a class of heavy axle load 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge lines in British India, and then in post-partition India and Pakistan.[1][4]
The 72 members of the class were built in the United Kingdom between 1928 and 1931, some of them by William Beardmore & Co in Glasgow, Scotland, and the rest by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England.
Upon partition of India in 1947, a total of 22 members of the class went to Pakistan. The other 50 remained in India.
Preservation
None of the XC's have survived into preservation.
See also
Trains portal
Pakistan portal
India portal
References
Bibliography
- Hughes, Hugh (1976). Steam in India. Truro, Cornwall: D. Bradford Barton Ltd. ISBN 0851532586.
- Hughes, Hugh (1990). Indian Locomotives: Part 1 – Broad Gauge 1851–1940. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9503469-8-5. OCLC 21871114.
- Hughes, Hugh (1996). Indian Locomotives: Part 4 – 1941–1990. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9521655-1-1. OCLC 35135033.
- Marshall, Lawrence G (2009). Indian Broad Gauge Steam Remembered. East Harling, Norfolk: Taverner Publications. ISBN 9781901470154.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Indian locomotive class XC.
- "Vulcan Foundry advertisement". 1944. Archived from the original (JPG) on 4 March 2016. – features an image of a class XC locomotive on the Kurrong Bridge
- "Vulcan Foundry advertisement". 1945. Archived from the original (JPG) on 18 May 2016. – features an image of a class XC locomotive at Lahore Junction