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Indian locomotive class SP
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1904· Indian steam locomotive class
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ISR NWR SP Beyer Peacock Works 1904: Beyer, Peacock & Co Ltd· Public domain
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class SP (Standard Passenger) were a class of 4-4-0 passenger broad-gauge locomotives introduced around 1905 that were one of seven standard locomotive designs developed by the Engineering Standards Committee (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 122 years ago, in 1904.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, North British Locomotive Company, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- British Engineering Standards Association (BESA)
- operators
- Indian Railways, Eastern Bengal Railway, East Indian Railway Company, Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q98804356, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class SP (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.