Indian locomotive class XA

  • Indian Railways
  • Pakistan Railways
Number in class
  • IR: 76
  • PR: 37
NumbersIR: 22001–22076[1][2][3]

The Indian locomotive class XA was a class of light 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.[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]

Preservation

Working Class Number Location Built Zone Builders Build No Name
No XA 22046 Parel Workshop, Mumbai 1931 CR Vulcan Foundry
No XA 22002 Railway Institute Chandausi 1935 NR Vulcan Foundry

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b Hughes 1990, p. 14.
  2. ^ a b Hughes 1996, p. 24.
  3. ^ 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 17 October 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  4. ^ Hughes 1976, p. 13.
  5. ^ Marshall 2009, pp. 36–42, 47.
  6. ^ Hughes 1996, p. 87.

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.

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