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Indian locomotive class XE
🇮🇳 India ·built by William Beardmore and Company· from 1928· class of 93 two-cylinder 2-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. XE 3634: Ramesh Lalwani· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class XE (X Eagle) 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. The class had a 7 ft (2.1 m) diameter boiler.
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
- 1928–1945
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 93
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- William Beardmore and Company, Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Indian Railways, East Indian Railway Company
- 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 Q17104754, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class XE (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.