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Indian locomotive class XD
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1928· class of 194 Indian 2-8-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class XD was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge lines in 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1948
- in service from
- 1927
- number built
- 194
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, Armstrong Whitworth, North British Locomotive Company, Škoda Works
- operators
- Indian Railways, South Indian Railway Company, Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, East Indian Railway Company, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, Eastern Bengal Railway, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q113571943, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class XD (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.