Indian locomotive class WL (1939)

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2
• UIC	2′C1′h2
Gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 7 in (1.702 m)
Fuel type	Coal
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	18+1⁄2 in × 28 in (470 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Vulcan Foundry
Serial number	4779–4782
Build date	1939
Total produced	4

Indian WL (1939)
Indian WL (1939)
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Vulcan Foundry
Serial number	4779–4782
Build date	1939
Total produced	4
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2
• UIC	2′C1′h2
Gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 7 in (1.702 m)
Fuel type	Coal
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	18+1⁄2 in × 28 in (470 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Operators
Career
Operators	North Western Railway (British India); North Western Railway of Pakistan;
Number in class	4
Numbers	101–104

The Indian locomotive class WL of 1939 was a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific"-type steam locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge lines in British India, and then in post-partition Pakistan.^[1]

Classes

The four members of the class were built for the North Western Railway (of British India) by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, in 1939, and were delivered the following year.^[1]^[3] Upon the partition of India in 1947, they all went to Pakistan.^[2]

The class WL of 1939 is not to be confused with the Indian locomotive class WL of 1955, the first ten members of which were also built by Vulcan Foundry.^[1]^[3] According to Vulcan Foundry's publicity material, the two classes bore no resemblance to each other.^[3]

Class table

Table of orders and numbers
Year	Manufacturer	Serial Nos.	Qty	First Nos.	All-India Nos.	Notes
1939	Vulcan	4779–4782	4	101–104		All 4 transferred to Pakistan

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hughes 1990, pp. 78, 84.
^ ^a ^b Hughes 1996, p. 87.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Indian Railways 5 ft. 6 in. Gauge 1955 4-6-2 (WL) brochure" (PDF). Vulcan Foundry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

Bibliography

Hughes, Hugh (1990). Indian Locomotives: Part 1 – Broad Gauge 1851–1940. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9503469-8-5. OCLC 21871114.
Hughes, Hugh (1996). Indian Locomotives: Part 4 – 1941–1990. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9521655-1-1. OCLC 35135033.

External links

"Vulcan Foundry advertisement". 1941. Archived from the original (JPG) on 18 May 2016. – features a works photo of a class WL (1939) locomotive

[FOOTNOTEHughes199078,_84-1] Hughes 1990, pp. 78, 84.

[FOOTNOTEHughes199687-2] Hughes 1996, p. 87.

[vulcan-brochure-3] "Indian Railways 5 ft. 6 in. Gauge 1955 4-6-2 (WL) brochure" (PDF). Vulcan Foundry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

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