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Indian locomotive class HT
Works photo of EIR no.1251
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerBritish Engineering Standards Association
BuilderBeyer, Peacock & Co.
Hawthorn Leslie
Build date1923-1925[1]
Total produced36 (EIR)[1]
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-8-2T
Gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Coupled dia.4 ft 3 in (1.30 m)
Length:
 • Over buffers41 ft 3+12 in (12.586 m)
Axle load17.3 long tons (17.6 t)
Loco weight90.5 t (89.1 long tons; 99.8 short tons)
Firebox:
 • Grate area27 sq ft (2.5 m2)
Boiler pressure180 psi (1,241 kPa)
Heating surface1,567+12 sq ft (145.63 m2)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size22 in (560 mm) x 26 in (660 mm)
Valve gearWalschaerts
Valve typePiston
Career
OperatorsEast Indian Railway
North Western State Railway
Indian Railways
NumbersEIR:[1]
  • 6140-6171 (Beyer Peacock locomotives)
  • 3599-3602 (Hawthorn Leslie locomotives)
Reference: [2], unless where noted

The Class HT (Heavy Tank) was a broad-gauge tank locomotive, designed for use in the British Raj. It was one of seven standard broad-gauge locomotive classes designed by the British Engineering Standards Committee, later renamed the British Engineering Standards Association (BESA).

  1. ^ a b c Hughes 1979, p. 54.
  2. ^ Hughes 1979, p. 18.