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Indian locomotive class SG
🇮🇳 India ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1905· class of Indian broad-gauge 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class SG is a class of Indian steam locomotives used for goods trains. Its class designation, SG, stands for Standard Goods. It was, by number of locomotives built, one of the largest steam locomotive classes built in the United Kingdom.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1927
- number built
- 914
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, North British Locomotive Company, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
- designer
- British Engineering Standards Association (BESA)
- operators
- Indian Railways, Eastern Bengal Railway, East Indian Railway Company, Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
- top speed
- 48 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17056212, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class SG (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.