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Indian locomotive class HP
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1906· class of Indian 4-6-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ETH-BIB-Dampflokomotive HP 234 für East Bengal Railway Ans 05373-1563-FL (cropped): J. Stuart· Public domain
- 2. HPS 24467: Shamim Mohamed· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive Class HP (Heavy Passenger) was a 4-6-0 broad gauge passenger steam locomotive introduced in 1906 on the railways of British India. 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
fun facts
- First built 120 years ago, in 1906.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1950
- in service from
- 1906
- status
- preserved
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, North British Locomotive Company, Robert Stephenson and Company, Kitson and Company, William Beardmore and Company
- designer
- British Engineering Standards Association
- operators
- East Indian Railway Company, North Western Railway zone, Eastern Bengal Railway, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Indian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q98804478, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class HP (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.