Indian_locomotive_class_XC Knowpia

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	William Beardmore & Co; Vulcan Foundry;
Build date	1928–1931
Total produced	72

Indian XC
Indian XC
	Vulcan Foundry works photograph of an XC
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	William Beardmore & Co; Vulcan Foundry;
Build date	1928–1931
Total produced	72
Configuration:;
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
Operators
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 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.

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.

"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