Indian locomotive class WL (1939)
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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]
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]
See also
- History of rail transport in India
- History of rail transport in Pakistan
- Locomotives of India
- Pakistan Railways
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