Indian locomotive class WL (1955)

Indian WL (1955)

WL 15084 at Amritsar Jn, 1993.

WL 15084 at Amritsar Jn, 1993.
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder
Build date 1955, 1966–1969
Total produced 104
Specifications
Configuration 4-6-2
UIC class 2′C1′ h2
Gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Driver dia. 5 ft 7 in (1.702 m)
Axle load 16.9 long tons (17.2 t; 18.9 short tons)
Loco weight 88.1 long tons (89.5 t; 98.7 short tons)
Tender weight 62.59 long tons (63.59 t; 70.10 short tons)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 12 long tons (12 t; 13 short tons)
Water cap 4,500 imp gal (20,000 l; 5,400 US gal)
Boiler pressure 210 psi (1.45 MPa)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 19 1⁄4 in × 28 in (489 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Performance figures
Tractive effort 27,640 lbf (122.95 kN)
Career
Operators Indian Railways
Number in class 104
Numbers
  • 15000–15009
  • 15014–15107
Disposition No. 15005 preserved
[1]

The Indian locomotive class WL of 1955 was a class of light axle load 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives used on broad gauge lines in India between 1955 and 1995.[2] A total of 109 of them were built in two batches.[3][4]

The first batch, of 10 engines, was built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, in 1955. The second, main, batch, totalling 94 engines, was built in India by the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works between 1966 and 1969.[4]

The WL class of 1955 is not to be confused with the North Western Railway WL class of 1939 (delivered in 1940), all four members of which went to Pakistan upon partition in 1947.[1][5] The two classes bore no resemblance to each other.[1]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Indian Railways 5 ft. 6 in. Gauge 1955 4-6-2 (WL) brochure". Vulcan Foundry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Marshall 2009, pp. 90-93.
  3. ↑ Marshall 2009, p. 93.
  4. 1 2 Hughes 1976, p. 27.
  5. ↑ Hughes 1990, pp. 78, 84.

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. 
  • Hughes, Hugh (1996). Indian Locomotives: Part 4 – 1941–1990. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9521655-1-1. 
  • Marshall, Lawrence G (2009). Indian Broad Gauge Steam Remembered. East Harling, Norfolk: Taverner Publications. ISBN 9781901470154. 

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