Indian locomotive class XC

Power typeSteam

Power typeSteam

Builder

• William Beardmore & Co
• Vulcan Foundry

Build date1928–1931

Indian XC
Vulcan Foundry works photograph of an 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
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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]

The last example, XC 22224, survived in service as the last British-built express 4-6-2 locomotive in regular work until 1981, when it was stored Burdwan, India. It was last sighted in December 1981 and was scrapped sometime afterward.^[8]