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| Bengal Nagpur Railway N 815 (or actually 921), 2'D+D2' Garratt, Beyer-Peacock 6594/1930 (or actually 6588). National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
| East Indian Railway 1354 "Phoenix" 0-4-0WT (B), Nasmyth-Wilson 798/1907. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
| East Indian Railway XT/1 36863, 0-4-2T (D1'), Krupp 1538/1935. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
| Great Indian Peninsular Railway EM 922 4-4-0 (2'B), North British Locomotive Company 17780/1907. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
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Sindhri Fertilisers 0-4-0 (B) fireless steam locomotive,
Henschel 25630/1953. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
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India_BG_HGS 26762 Patna
Just hanging on to life an ancient Eastern Railway 2-8-0, HGS 26762 brings empty carriage stock into Patna Junction station on 7 December 1979. HGS stood for “Heavy Goods, Superheated” the type being delivered by the North British locomotive Company in the early 1920s.
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_HSM 26228 Calcutta
Another ancient 2-8-0 on carriage pilot duties was South Eastern Railway HSM 26228, seen at Calcutta Howrah on 2 December 1979. Such was the inter-Railway demarcation within India that each Railway provided its own pilots etc, for stations like Howrah, that were served by different Railways.
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_V 700 “Narbada”
Wearing the livery of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway 4-4-0 V 700 “Narbada” rests on a plinth at the main entrance to Madras, Perambur Locomotive Works, which undertook steam locomotive repairs for India’s Southern and South Central Railways. 1 December 1979. The works is still in use today for diesel locomotive maintenance.
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WM 13032 Ranaghat
Unfortunately the Eastern Railway had taken its class WM 2-6-4T locos out of service several months before a 2 December 1979 visit to Ranaghat depot. WM 13032 is seen among her side-lined sisters, waiting the scrapper’s torch
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_XB 22140 Madras
Sadly, all the Class XB “Medium” Pacifics had been out of use for some time before your scribe caught up with one of the last survivors. XB 22140 sits “out in the field” at Madras Perambur Works on 1 December 1979.
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India: Delhi Junction No.20: The Northern Railway provided two Broad Gauge station pilots for Delhi Junction station. To the visiting enthusiasts’ great delight those pilots were “old ladies” indeed! These photos were taken on the morning of Tuesday, 11 December, 1979. East-end pilot, in Northern Railway passenger livery, was this very British-looking 0-6-0, SGC 36601. The painted-on numbers on the cab side indicate that the engine had been withdrawn from service and then reinstated, a very fortunate event for the enthusiasts! Colour slide and scan by Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India: Delhi Junction No.21: The Northern Railway provided two Broad Gauge station pilots for Delhi Junction station. To the visiting enthusiasts’ great delight those pilots were “old ladies” indeed! These photos were taken on the morning of Tuesday, 11 December, 1979. The west-end pilot, in Northern Railway freight livery, was another classic British-looking 0-6-0, SGS 36820. This locomotive was in much finer fettle than its colleague at the station’s east end! Colour slide and scan by Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India: Delhi Junction No.3: Double-track broad gauge (BG) and metre gauge (MG) lines entered Delhi Junction station from the west. The BG was used by Indian Railways' Northern Railway while the MG was shared by the Northern and Western Railways. Just outside the station BG and MG lines diverged south to enter New Delhi station. Each weekday morning there was a 95% steam-hauled, “rush hour” of commuter and long-distance trains, on both gauges, with a large number of movements to be seen in just a few hours. Add to this the use of the railway tracks as footpaths by the local population and you had a very interesting scene. These photos were taken on the morning of Tuesday, 11 December, 1979; nowadays, all lines are broad gauge and overhead electrified. American-built War Department BG 2-8-2 AWD 12663 whistles continuously to warn the walkers, as it brings a commuter service from Rohtak Junction. Colour slide and scan by Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| As far as is known, the Southern Railway did not employ the BG WM Class 2-6-4T in ordinary service. In Southern Railway brown livery, WM 13041 (Robert Stephenson, Hawthorn 7707/1953) was one of Perambur Works' pilot engines, though from its apprearance in the photograph, its working days were over; 1.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Patna_Junction_stn_pilot Patna Junction station pilot BG 2-8-0 HG6 26762 (Beardmore 132/1920) trundles through the station with a single coach that will be added to the rear of a west-bound express; 7.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Vadodara_shed The Western Railway’s broad gauge engine shed at Vadodara, formerly Baroda, though situated on an electrified main line, had, in 1979, many duties for Pacifics and 2-8-2s, off the electrified sections. Eventually though, steam was totally superseded and today, a large electric locomotive depot occupies the former site of the steam shed. Vadodar engine shed, seen from the north; 14.12.1979. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Vadodara_shed_H_24324 The Western Railway’s broad gauge engine shed at Vadodara, formerly Baroda, though situated on an electrified main line, had, in 1979, many duties for Pacifics and 2-8-2s, off the electrified sections. Eventually though, steam was totally superseded and today, a large electric locomotive depot occupies the former site of the steam shed. A primary reason to visit Vadodara shed in 1979 was that is was operating one of the few remaining BESA (British Engineering Standard Association) broad gauge locomotive types, the Class H 4-6-0. Unfortunately, the last of its kind, H 24324, built by the primarily ship-building company of William Beardmore, in 1923 (Works No: 286), had just been withdrawn from service and with rods partly removed, was waiting the call to the scrapyard. 14.12.1979. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Vadodara_shed_coaling_cranes The Western Railway’s broad gauge engine shed at Vadodara, formerly Baroda, though situated on an electrified main line, had, in 1979, many duties for Pacifics and 2-8-2s, off the electrified sections. Eventually though, steam was totally superseded and today, a large electric locomotive depot occupies the former site of the steam shed. Indicative of the numbers of steam locomotives daily being put into traffic by Vadodara shed, three steam-powered coaling cranes are active in the depot’s eastern yard; 14.12.1979. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Vadodara_shed_coaling_cranes_and_locos The Western Railway’s broad gauge engine shed at Vadodara, formerly Baroda, though situated on an electrified main line, had, in 1979, many duties for Pacifics and 2-8-2s, off the electrified sections. Eventually though, steam was totally superseded and today, a large electric locomotive depot occupies the former site of the steam shed. Another view of Vadodara’s coaling cranes with three ‘clients’ also in the scene, two WP 4-6-2 and a WG 2-8-2. 14.12.1979. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| North Western Railway HG/C 1598, 2-8-0 (1'D), Vulcan Foundry 2461/1909. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
| North Western Railway HG/C 1598, 2-8-0 (1'D), Vulcan Foundry 2461/1909. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
| Oudh and Rohilkund Railway B 26, 0-6-0 (C), Sharp Stewart of Manchester 2018/1870. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
| Oudh and Rohilkund Railway B 26, 0-6-0 (C), Sharp Stewart of Manchester 2018/1870. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
| SIR (South Indian Railway?) PT 11, 2-6-4T (1'C2'), RS (?) 4118/1936. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
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Y-2 77, 1'D2'. Inscription on the side: "CLASS H-D MAKA /
YEAR OF MFG STEAM LOCOMOTIVE / 916 of 30 MPH NORTH BRITISH
LOCO LTD 1907". Make of it what you like .... Meanwhile I was told that 41 locomotives type Y 2 were built 1907 to 1908 for Great Indian Peninsular Railway, 1931 to 1940 to East Indian Railway, 1951 to Indian Railways. This locomotive was built 1907 by North British as GIPR 184, later renumbered to EIR 1653, then IR 26645. National Railway Museum New Delhi 2012-12-07. |
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