Each site is listed alphabetically. Where a company has more than one site, they are listed
alphabetically under that companies name. The references after some company names are to map
locations in the Lonely Planet Travel Atlas for India & Bangladesh. The gauge of the railway is
then shown (where known), if the site has railways of more than one gauge, then they are listed
starting with the smallest. MG refers to metre (or meter!) gauge and BG refers to the Indian
broad gauge of 5'6". The locos are the listed using the notation described below.
1st column Running number and/or name of the loco
2nd column The type of loco. The Whyte system of wheel classification is used in the main
but when driving wheels are connected by not by outside rods but by chains or other means (as in
Sentinal steam locos or diesel locos) they are shown as 4w (four-wheeled) or 6w (six-wheeled) or
if only one axle is motorised it is shown as 2w-2. For all other locos, Continental notation is
used (Bo-Bo etc.).
The following abbreviations are used for power source: -
Steam locos
CT Crane tank, a T type of loco fitted with load lifting apparatus
F Fireless steam loco
PT Pannier tank, side tanks not fastened to the frames
RT T type loco with rack adhesion gear fitted
ST Saddle tank
T Side tank or similar, a tank positioned externally and fastened to the frames
T/t Side tank with a tender
TG Geared tank
VBGT Vertical boilered geared tank
WT Well tank, a tank located between the frames under the boiler
Diesel and electric locos
BE Battery electric powered
D Diesel loco, unspecified transmission
DE Diesel loco, electric transmission
DH Diesel loco, hydraulic transmission
DM Diesel loco, mechanical transmission
DMF Diesel loco , mechanical transmission fitted with flameproofing for working underground
in mines
P Petrol or paraffin loco, unspecified transmission
PE Petrol or paraffin loco, electric transmission
PM Petrol or paraffin loco, mechanical transmission
PMR Petrol railcar, mechanical transmission
WE Wire electric powered loco
WER Wire electric railcar
3rd column Builder. A list of the abbreviations used can be found at XXXXXX
4th column The builders number of the loco (also known as the works number).
5th column The year of construction.
6th column A letter or number referring to additional information listed below. A letter
denotes information on the locos previous history, a number to its subsequent history. There are
also footnotes (denoted by lower case Roman numerals) that are sources that the information has
come from. The following are abbreviations used in these notes.
CRJ Continental Railway Journal
CW Correspondence with Chris West
FJ Correspondence with Frank Jux
IRS Industrial Railway Society bulletin
NG Narrow Gauge Railway Society magazine
RDD Correspondence with Bob Darvill
IRG Indian Railway Gazette
RlyByl Railway Bylines magazine
MTI Mainline to Industry
LP23 Loco Profile 23, Darjeeling tanks
IL Indian Locomotives series
The following are abbreviations of company names etc. that are used throughout (although in some
cases not exclusively!) the list.
BPT Bombay Port Trust
IAHQ Indian Army Headquarters
IISCO Indian Iron & Steel Co
IO Indian Office
IOL India Office Library, part of the British Library
MISCO Mysore Iron & Steel Co
PWD Public Works Department
SEB State Electricity Board
TELCO Tata Engineering & Locomotive Co
TISCO Tata Iron & Steel Co
USATC United States Army Transportation Corps
WD War Department
WDLR War Department Light Railways
These are other abbreviations that are used.
c. Circa
Dsm Dismantled
OOU Out of use
pvd Preserved
q.v. Compare with
reb Rebuilt
ren Renumbered
