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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.[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]- Rail transport in India § History
- History of rail transport in Pakistan
- Indian Railways
- Locomotives of India
- Pakistan Railways
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hughes 1976, p. 15.
- ^ a b Hughes 1990, p. 14.
- ^ Hughes 1996, pp. 24, 87.
- ^ Marshall 2009, pp. 36, 40, 47–48, 51–54.
- ^ Hughes 1990, pp. 14, 27, 46, 59, 80.
- ^ Hughes 1996, p. 24.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- "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