Indian locomotive class XC

Indian XC
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder William Beardmore & Co Vulcan Foundry Build date 1928–1931 Total produced 72
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-2  • UIC 2′C1′h2 Gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Driver dia. 6 ft 2 in (1.880 m) Axle load 19.5 long tons (19.8 t; 21.8 short tons) Fuel type Coal Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 23 in × 28 in (584 mm × 711 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts
Career Operators Indian Railways North Western Railway of Pakistan Number in class IR: 50 NWR (Pak): 22

The Indian locomotive class XC was a class of heavy 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.

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 preservation but while Colin Garratt visited the railways once, he recalls one was attempted to be hidden from scrappers torch but plans to save the last XC came to a naught when it was soon found and cut up, however it is unknown if any railway enthusiasts will ever build a replica of one, note to fact that India is poor and doesn't or can't afford money to make new builds, or should enthusiasts look to England to build one, but however this has never been started,

See also

• History of rail transport in India
• History of rail transport in Pakistan
• Indian Railways
• Locomotives of India
• Pakistan Railways

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

• "Vulcan Foundry advertisement". 1944. Archived from the original (JPG) on 17 July 2013. – features an image of a class XC locomotive on the Kurrong Bridge
• "Vulcan Foundry advertisement". 1945. Archived from the original (JPG) on 17 July 2013. – features an image of a class XC locomotive at Lahore Junction