Industrial Steam Locomotives (all gauges)

Puzzle Picture. Can anyone identify the line and loco in this picture taken in Southern India in 1980? Clue - it is not an IR line. Mick Pope.

This months' nostalgia comes in the form of Bombay Port Trust at Wadala Road and their unusual 2-6-0 tanks. #16 was built by Kitson in 1922 and #19 in 1921. They look out of place against the overhead wires and modern flats

Another view of the two BPT locos at rest.

This shows the nice cast plate bearing the BPT 'coat of arms' - I wish I had one of those off a scrapped loco!

This is where the beasts live - they had about 15 steam and 14 diesels at the time - at the end of 1979

Indian Iron and Steel at Manoharpur had a collection of 0-4-2 tank engines on it 2'6" railway that served the iron ore mines at Chiria. Note the tall `balloon' stacks on the engine used for arresting sparks as the railway passed through dense forest

`Margrit', one of the two 0-6-0 tank engine built by Roberst Stephenson and Hawthorn in 1957 for Tinplate Company of India Ltd. at Jamshedpur - Mick Pope(Jan. 12,1980)

Saraya Sugar Mills at Sardarnagar near Gorakhpur (presently underlockout) has a network comprising of 2'6" and metre gauge. Here, a 0-6-2 engine built by Kitson in 1900 hauls a train full of sugarcane on the 2'6" gauge. Prior to arriving at Sara

`Tweed', a 0-4-0 tender engine built by Dubs in 1873 is the oldest surviving steam engine(and possibly in working order too!) on metre gauge in the world - Mick Pope(Jan. 16, 1980)

A broad gauge(5'6") 0-6-2 tank engine No. 43 built by Mitsubishi of Japan for the Calcutta Port Commissioners in 1955 - Mick Pope(Jan. 5, 1980)

Calcutta Port railway March 1, 1979. Locomotive 31 built by Mitsibushi in 1955. Dead but serviceable. Many steam locomotives were in use at that time.

A broad gauge(5'6") 0-6-2 tank engine No. 43 built by Mitsubishi of Japan for the Calcutta Port Commissioners in 1955 - Mick Pope(Jan. 5, 1980)

This months' nostalgia comes in the form of Bombay Port Trust at Wadala Road and their unusual 2-6-0 tanks. #16 was built by Kitson in 1922 and #19 in 1921. They look out of place against the overhead wires and modern flats

Calcutta Port Trust - scene at loco shed in March 1979. An interesting comparison with the recent view uploaded by Shantanu Sen

Calcutta Port Trust locoshed in 1979.

Inside the locoshed at Calcutta Port Trust 1979

Front elevation of the Calcutta Port Trust locoshed 1979

Typical Calcutta Port Trust 0-6-2 tank locomotive with two sisters in the background.1979

Pausing in the foreset.Built by Andrew Barclay of Kilmarnock, Scotland, #28 is an 0-4-2 tank locomotive used on the Indian Iron and Steel 2' gauge line from Manoharpur to Chiria.1982

Adrian Shooter's B19(Ex. DHR) and MLR 740 at Leighton Buzzard Railway, Bedfordshire, England in April, 2007. Both locomotives have been restored to full working order. Photo courtesy - David Barrie, DHRS UK

A broad gauge(5'6") 0-6-2 tank engine No. 43 built by Mitsubishi of Japan for the Calcutta Port Commissioners in 1955 - Mick Pope(Jan. 5, 1980)

Sweet Steam. Daurala Sugar Works Meerut. #1 a modern 0-6-0 tank+tender built in Scotland by Andrew Barclay in 1958.Photographed in 1980, although immaculate like the other 4 locos here at the time they were not in use and sadly I think they went for scrap

Sweet Steam.#1 'Lion' at Upper India Sugar Mills Khatauli in 1980. One of many such locos built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1917 for military service during the First World War and which went on to work in industrial service n India and other place

In response to a query arising from my recent shot of 'Lion' in the First Class Gallery regarding the pulling power of such a loco, I submit this shot taken at the same time. As you can see...

This is a photo of BARBARA, a loco built by Hudswell, Clarke & Co, Leeds in 1923. It was a meter gauge loco. It was one of three steam MG locos they had, all named with girls names. Information kindly provided by Mr. Simon Darvill. Picture taken in la

Dehri Rohtas Light Railway no6 at Dehri on Sone 1979
Built Avonside of Bristol in 1926.
Compared with loco remains recently 'discovered'
(David Churchill)

A tiny locomotive built by Andrew Barclay in 1947. Worked at the Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh for M/s Bird & Co., for their timber operations. Has the distinction of working in the easternmost corner of India. Picture kindly provided by Mr. Sub