The Indian locomotive class XA was a class of light axle load "Pacific" type steam locomotives used on broad-gauge lines in British India, and then in post-partition India and Pakistan.Hughes 1976, p. 13.Marshall 2009, pp. 36–42, 47.
The 113 members of the class were built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, in 1929/31, 1931 and 1935.
Upon partition in 1947, a total of 37 members of the class went to Pakistan. The other 76 remained in India.
Preservation Working Class Number Location Built Zone Builders Build no Name NoXA22046Parel Workshop, Mumbai1931CRVulcan Foundry NoXA22002Railway Institute Chandausi1935NRVulcan Foundry
See also
Rail transport in India#History History of rail transport in Pakistan Indian Railways Locomotives of India Pakistan Railways
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