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Indian locomotive class WT
🇮🇳 India ·built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works· from 1959· class of 30 Indian 2-8-4T locomotives
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WT was a class of 2-8-4T heavy tank locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad-gauge lines in India from 1960. These locomotives were built to operate local trains in Eastern Railways zone on Howrah to Burdwan main line. The thirty members of the WT class were designed in India, and built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan, in Burdwan District, West Bengal, 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 67 years ago, in 1959.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959–1967
- in service from
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-4
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17056234, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.