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Indian locomotive class WV
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1939· class of 4 Indian 2-6-2T locomotives, later rebuilt as WM class
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WV works photo, 1942: unknown - works photo - photographer not identified· Public domain
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WV was a class of 2-6-2Ts used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad-gauge lines in India. The four members of the class were built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, and completed in 1942. They were later converted into class WM engines, which were 2-6-4Ts.
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
- 1939–1942
- in service from
- 1942
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- East Indian Railway Company, Indian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17092407, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.