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