Indian WT WT 14005
Career Operators Indian Railways Number in class 30 Numbers 14000–14029 Locale Eastern Railways Disposition All scrapped
The Indian locomotive class WT was a class of 2-8-4 T 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. The first WT class locomotive rolled out of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works in March of 1959 and interestingly 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
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 .