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Indian XC
Vulcan Foundry works photograph of an XC
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date1928–1931
Total produced72
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-6-2
 • UIC2′C1′h2
Gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Driver dia.6 ft 2 in (1.880 m)
Axle load19.5 long tons (19.8 t; 21.8 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size23 in × 28 in (584 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gearWalschaerts
Career
Operators
Number in class
  • IR: 50
  • NWR (Pak): 22
[1][2][3]

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.[5][6]

Upon partition of India in 1947, a total of 22 members of the class went to Pakistan.[7] The other 50 remained in India.[2]

Preservation[edit]

None of the XC's have survived into preservation.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hughes 1976, p. 15.
  2. ^ a b Hughes 1990, p. 14.
  3. ^ Hughes 1996, pp. 24, 87.
  4. ^ Marshall 2009, pp. 36, 40, 47–48, 51–54.
  5. ^ Hughes 1990, pp. 14, 27, 46, 59, 80.
  6. ^ Hughes 1996, p. 24.
  7. ^ Hughes 1996, p. 87.

Bibliography[edit]

  • 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.

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