Indian locomotive class XA

Indian XA
Indian XA
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Vulcan Foundry
Build date	1929, 1931, 1935
Total produced	113
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2
• UIC	2′C1′h2
Gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 1+1⁄2 in (1.562 m)
Axle load	13.1 long tons (13.3 t; 14.7 short tons)
Loco weight	67.15 long tons (68.23 t; 75.21 short tons)
Tender weight	42.1 long tons (42.8 t; 47.2 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	180 psi (1.24 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	20,960 lbf (93.23 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Indian Railways; Pakistan Railways;
Number in class	IR: 76; PR: 37;
Numbers	IR: 22001–22076

The Indian locomotive class XA was a class of light axle load 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives used on broad gauge lines in British India, and then in post-partition India and Pakistan.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The 113 members of the class were built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, in 1929/31, 1931 and 1935.^[2]

Upon partition in 1947, a total of 37 members of the class went to Pakistan.^[6] The other 76 remained in India.^[1]

Only two XA's are preserved XA 22002 is preserved at the Railway Institute Chandausi. while XA 22046 is preserved.

References

^ ^a ^b Hughes 1990, p. 14.
^ ^a ^b Hughes 1996, p. 24.
^ ^a ^b "Indian Railways 5 ft. 6 in. Gauge 1928-35 4-6-2 (XA) brochure" (PDF). Vulcan Foundry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Hughes 1976, p. 13.
^ Marshall 2009, pp. 36–42, 47.
^ Hughes 1996, p. 87.

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.