The cylinder cocks are open, but the smoke from the stack does not look grey as it is supposed to be, which indicates incomplete combustion of the coal.

Posted by AJ (guest) on 2009 May 20 12:52:13 +0000

Old veteran seems to be toiling hard in sugar belt of gangetic plains. Colling Garrat's book suggest that these were a part of BALDWIN make locos made for Imperial army during WW I. Mick could you pl. tell the year this pic was taken.

Posted by anant singh (guest) on 2009 May 20 13:20:17 +0000

oops redundant comments and silly question. I didn't see FC image Mick!!

Posted by anant singh (guest) on 2009 May 20 13:24:28 +0000

These locomotives were not always fired on coal but a variety of fuel. If you look around, there is some in the picture as well.

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2009 May 20 13:25:51 +0000

Mick....that one is a LION indeed....thanks for answering...

Posted by Milind (guest) on 2009 May 20 13:45:44 +0000

was it linked to Delhi Shahdara - Shamli - Sahranpur NG line at any point of time?

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2009 May 22 16:42:35 +0000

Now THAT is the power of steam!

Posted by M S M Saifullah on 2009 May 23 01:33:43 +0000

Regarding Aseem's comment: Khatauli and Daurala are stations on the Saharanpur-Meerut-Delhi section. These sugar factories are close to this line. These NG lines were basically for carrying sugarcane from the fields to the factories, and may not have been very close to the regular lines. Anyway, they were not near the Shamli line. One of these lines could be seen from the regular trains near Pabli Khas in the 1970s.

Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2009 Jul 11 13:01:56 +0000