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Indian locomotive class WL
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1955· class of 104 Indian 4-6-2 locomotives, built 1955, 1966–1969
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- 1. WL 15084 Amritsar, 1993 (1): Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WL of 1955 was a class of light axle load 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge lines in India between 1955 and 1995. A total of 109 of them were built in two batches. The first batch, of 10 engines, was built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, in 1955.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Served for 40 years (1955–1995).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955–1969
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1995
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 104
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17056226, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WL (1955) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.