Indian locomotive class WT

20+1⁄4 in × 28 in (514 mm × 711 mm)Valve gearWalschaerts
Career
OperatorsIndian Railways
Number in class30
Numbers14000–14029
LocaleEastern Railways
DispositionAll scrapped
[1]

The Indian locomotive class WT was a class of 2-8-4T heavy tank locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge lines in India from 1960.[2][3] These locomotives were built to operate local trains in Eastern Railways zone on Howrah to Burdwan main line.

The thirty members of the WT class were designed in India,[4] and built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan, in Burdwan District, West Bengal, India.[5] The first WT class locomotive rolled out of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works in March of 1959 and was also named Chittaranjan.

Class table

Table of orders and numbers
Year Manufacturer Serial Nos. Qty First Nos. All-India Nos. Notes
1959-1960 Chittaranjan 10 14000–14009 14000 named Chittaranjan
1959-1967 Chittaranjan 20 14010–14029

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Hughes 1996, p. 23.
  2. ^ Hughes 1976, p. 31.
  3. ^ Marshall 2009, pp. 90, 145–146.
  4. ^ Marshall 2009, p. 90.
  5. ^ Hughes 1996, pp. 14, 23.

Bibliography

  • Hughes, Hugh (1976). Steam in India. Truro, Cornwall: D. Bradford Barton Ltd. ISBN 0851532586.
  • Hughes, Hugh (1996). Indian Locomotives: Part 4 – 1941–1990. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9521655-1-1. OCLC 35135033.
  • Marshall, Lawrence G (2009). Indian Broad Gauge Steam Remembered. East Harling, Norfolk: Taverner Publications. ISBN 9781901470154.


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