Indian XS | |
Powertype: | Steam |
Builder: | Vulcan Foundry |
Serialnumber: | 4293–4296 |
Builddate: | 1930 |
Whytetype: | 4-6-2 |
Uicclass: | 2′C1′ h4 |
Driverdiameter: | 6feet |
Axleload: | 21.5LT |
Locoweight: | 108LT |
Tenderweight: | 64.15LT |
Fueltype: | Coal |
Boilerpressure: | 2252NaN2 |
Cylindercount: | Four (two inside and two outside) |
Cylindersize: | 18x |
Tractiveeffort: | 344002NaN2 |
Notes: | [1] |
The Indian locomotive class XS was a class of experimental four-cylinder "Pacific" type steam locomotives used on broad gauge lines in British India, and then in post-partition Pakistan.[1]
The four members of the class were built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, in 1930. They were divided into two sub-classes, XS1 and XS2, each made up of two locomotives.[1] Upon the partition of India in 1947, they all went to Pakistan.