#1986
Indian locomotive class HT
🇮🇳 India ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1923· broad gauge tank locomotive for heavy shunting service on the railways in British India
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. East Indian Railways (EIR) Class HT locomotive Nr. 1251: Beyer Peacock Locomotive Works· Public domain
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class HT (Heavy Tank) were a class of 2-8-2T broad-gauge tank locomotives that were one of seven standard broad-gauge locomotive designs developed by the British Engineering Standards Committee (BESC) (later the British Engineering Standards Association (BESA)) for the broad-gauge railways of British India.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923–1925
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
- designer
- British Engineering Standards Committee (BESC)
- operators
- East Indian Railway Company, North Western Railway, Indian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 90.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q98821804, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class HT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.