SIR (South Indian Railway) YCG1 21900 metre gauge electric
locomotive. <i>Built in 1930 by Hawthorn Leslie &amp; Co, UK.
Electrical parts supplied by English Electric, Leeds, UK.
Fitted with dual braking (vacuum and air), entrance from
balconies at each end, capable of working for short spells in
unelectrified yard lines on attachment of trailer housing
battery accumulators. The YCG-1 were the first metre gauge
electrics on Indian soil.</i> They were used on electrified
metre gauge lines around Chennai which have meanwhile been
converted to broad gauge.
National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07.
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<a href="mailto:tbk.uncia@gmail.com">tobias b k&ouml;hler</a>