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Indian locomotive class AP
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1908· class of Indian 4-4-2 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vulcan Foundry BESA engine AP for East Indian Railway (cropped): Unknown photographer, Vulcan Foundry factory photograph· Public domain
- 2. East Indian Railway (EIR) Class AP steam locomotive Nr. 120: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The Indian Locomotive Class AP (Atlantic Passenger) was a broad gauge tender steam locomotive introduced around 1907 for passenger trains on the railways in British India. Its class designation, AP, stands for Atlantic Passenger Locomotive, where Atlantic refers to the wheel arrangement of the same name. It was one of the BESA locomotives developed by the British Engineering Standards Committee, later called the British Engineering Standards Association (BESA).
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908
- in service from
- 1908
- number built
- 58
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, North British Locomotive Company, Kitson and Company
- designer
- British Engineering Standards Association
- operators
- East Indian Railway Company, North Western Railway zone, Eastern Bengal Railway, Indian Railways, North Western Railway, Pakistan Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q98804471, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class AP (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.