The Indian locomotive class WP is a class of 4-6-2 Pacific passenger steam locomotives introduced in 1947 for passenger services in India. The WP letter replaced the earlier X for broad gauge when the post-war standard designs were adopted. The article says 755 were built between 1947 and 1967: a first batch of sixteen prototypes from Baldwin in the United States in 1947, then production at Baldwin, Montreal Locomotive Works and Canadian Locomotive Company, later Fablok in Poland and Floridsdorf in Austria, and finally 259 ordered from Chittaranjan Locomotive Works between 1963 and 1966, classed WP/I and about 5 tonnes heavier. The locomotives could reach 110 km/h and wore bullet-nose smokebox casings, often with a painted star.
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Between 1963 and 1966, 259 more were built, but these were ordered from Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), and were manufactured in India, and classified WP/I.
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A total of 755 WPs were built between 1947 and 1967
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Between 1963 and 1966, 259 more were built, but these were ordered from Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), and were manufactured in India, and classified WP/I.
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passenger steam locomotives used in India introduced in 1947 for passenger services
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Between 1963 and 1966, 259 more were built, but these were ordered from Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), and were manufactured in India, and classified WP/I.
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