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Fairy Queen steaming and trial run - 2006-03-18

Photos from the trial run of the Fairy Queen between Delhi Cantt and Garhi Harsaru. By Rajeev Shrivastava

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 15 items
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The seating arrangement in rear cabin in fairy queen express coach

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 428
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The crew readies for the departure of fairy queen

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 347
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The connection for pressurized air for the brakes. The compressor is in the rear coach and air is piped to the engine.

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 316
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The engine has been retrofitted with a petrol driven compressor for the air brakes but this is not used. The air is piped from the compressor housed in rear coach

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 341
Comments: 1
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The Fairy Queen gets ready at Delhi Cantt.

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 463
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Fairy Queen building up steam

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 434
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Front view of Fairy Queen.

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 431
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The rear cabin in the Fairy Queen Express coach. It has huge windows.

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 490
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Technical details of Fairy Queen on a plate fixed on the engine.

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 439
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Details of resurrection and POH of Fairy Queen

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 363
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The coal is not in a tender but stacked in a cage in the rear of the engine's body.

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 381
Comments: 1
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WCBRRM coach for Fairy Queen. See the huge windows for the rear cabin, which seats 8 comfortably.

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 611
Comments: 3
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Seating arrangement in first coach of Fairy Queen Express Coach

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 545
Comments: 1
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The Guinness Book of World Records Certificate

Date: 2006-03-18
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 458
fairy queen whistle _video_.mpg

Here's a clip showing the whistling of the fairy queen. Unfortunately I could not find a place on the engine's footplate and had to be content shooting through the glass of the coach. The angle does not make a great viewing, but here it is!

Date: 2006-03-19
Owner: Rajeev Shrivastava
Views: 459
Page: 1
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