Indian locomotive class WM explained

Indian WM
Powertype:Steam
Builddate:1939, 1951, 1953, 1954
Whytetype:2-6-4T
Uicclass:1′C2′h2t
Driverdiameter:5feet
Axleload:16.25LT
Locoweight:96.6LT
Fueltype:Coal
Fuelcap:6.5LT
Watercap:3000impgal
Boilerpressure:2102NaN2
Firearea:24.6square feet
Totalsurface:965square feet
Superheatertype:AX pattern (21 A-type elements)
Superheaterarea:230square feet
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:16x
Valvegear:Walschaerts
Tractiveeffort:191002NaN2
Factorofadhesion:5.68
Operator:Indian Railways
Numinclass:70 + 4
Fleetnumbers:13000–13073
Notes:[1] [2]

The Indian locomotive class WM was a class of 2-6-4T tank locomotives used on broad gauge lines in India from 1942.[1] [3] [4] A total of 70 of them were delivered new, and another four were converted from existing class WV engines.

The ten prototypes of the WM class, the first 30 production units, and the four WV class locomotives that were later converted to WMs, were built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England. The remaining 30 WM class engines were built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in North East England.

Class table

Table of orders and numbers! Year !! Manufacturer !! Serial Nos. !! Qty !! First Nos. !! All-India Nos. !! Notes
1939 4795-4804 10 2210-2214 (EIR)
2300-2304 (GIPR)
13000–13009 Prototypes
1951 6096-6125 30 9001-9030 13010–13039
1953-1954 7706-7735 30 9301-9369 13040–13069
1939 4787-4790 4 26954-26957 13070–13073 Converted from WV

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Railways 5 ft. 6 in. Gauge 1952 2-6-4T (WM) brochure . PDF . . 11 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019192642/http://www.enuii.org/vulcan_foundry/photographs/locomotives/Publicity/Indian%20WM.pdf . 19 October 2013 . dead .
  2. December 1951 . Indian Government Railways Thirty 2-6-4 Type, "WM" Class Side Tank Locomotives 5 ft. 6 in. Gauge . Vulcan Magazine . 2 . 4 . 16–17 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030130539/http://www.enuii.org/vulcan_foundry/magazine/Vol2_no4_1951/page_16.jpg . 30 October 2013 . 11 July 2013 . dead.
  3. [#Hughes-SII|Hughes 1976]
  4. [#Marshall-IBGSR|Marshall 2009]