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Indian locomotive class WL
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1939· class of 4 Indian (later Pakistani) 4-6-2 locomotives built in 1939
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WL of 1939 was a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific"-type steam locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad-gauge lines in British India, and then in post-partition Pakistan.
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- North Western Railway, history of rail transport in Pakistan
- 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 Q17088736, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WL (1939) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.