Indian locomotive class WL (1939)

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

Indian WL (1939)
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Vulcan Foundry
Serial number	4779–4782
Build date	1939
Total produced	4
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
Career
Operators	North Western Railway (British India); North Western Railway of Pakistan;
Number in class	4
Numbers	101–104
	[1][2][3]

The Indian locomotive class WL of 1939 was a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific"-type steam locomotives used on 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]

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References

Notes

Hughes 1990, pp. 78, 84.
Hughes 1996, p. 87.
"Indian Railways 5 ft. 6 in. Gauge 1955 4-6-2 (WL) brochure" (PDF). Vulcan Foundry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 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.
Hughes, Hugh (1996). Indian Locomotives: Part 4 – 1941–1990. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9521655-1-1.

External links

"Vulcan Foundry advertisement". 1941. Archived from the original (JPG) on 17 July 2013. – features a works photo of a class WL (1939) locomotive

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[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 9 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.