ORISSA
Ferro Alloys Corporation Ltd
Bhadrak Works
Gauge: 2'0"
4wDH SAN 359 1986
Hindustan Aeronautics, Koraput
Gauge: BG
4wDH Telco 098
marketing@hal-india.com
Hira Cement Works, Bardol
Works set up IDCOL
Gauge: BG
4wDH SAN 250 1982
4wDH SAN 258 1982
Bo-BoDH SAN 518 1997 (a)
(a) Supplied via IDCOL
Hirakud Dam Railway 70 A3
A BG line was laid for construction for dam. The line was left in place after construction was completed and remains for
maintenance of dam and to serve an aluminium works. On a visit in early 1968, all but two locomotives seemed withdrawn.i
Gauge: BG
1 2-8-0 (a)
2 2-8-0 (a)
4 2-8-0 VF 2977 1914 (b)
3 2-8-0 VF 3696 1923 (c)
2-6-0 (a)
2-6-0 (a)
2-6-0 (a)
0-6-0 (a)
0-6-0 (a)
0-6-0 (a)
(a) ex IR, identities unknown
(b) ex IR G class, No 26571. Delivered to BBCIR G class, No 113. Acquired ??.
(c) ex IR G class, No 26574. Delivered to BBCIR G class, No 166. Acquired ??.
Hirakud Industries 70 A3
Gauge: BG
4wDH Telco 180
Industrial Development Corporation of Orissa Ltd (IDCOL), Near Bargach
Gauge: 2'0"
0-4-0DH Hit 12854 1966
0-4-0DH Hit 12855 1966
Gauge: BG
0-4-0DH Hit 12838 1965
0-4-0DH Hit 12839 1965
0-4-0DH Hit 12848 1966
0-4-0DH Hit 12852 1966
0-4-0DH Hit 12853 1966
4wDH Telco 094
4-8-0 (a)
4-8-0 (a)
4-8-0 (a)
4-8-0 (a)
(a) ex IR, identities unknown ii
L & T, Jharsuguda
Gauge: BG
0-4-0DH SAN 456 1993
National Aluminium Industrial Co
Angul SIte
Gauge: BG
0-6-0DH DLW 1998-9 (a)
(a) WDS 6 type
Bhubaneswar Site
Gauge: BG
0-6-0DH DLW 1998-9 (a)
0-6-0DH DLW 1998-9 (a)
(a) WDS 6 type
The Nilgiri Granite and Stone Co Ltd, Balasore-Nilgiri Light Railway 71 G3-G4
If it is permissible to make what almost be termed a political observation, it might be said that the Balasore-Niligiri
Light Railway is one of the best examples of efficient and well directed swadeshism that India can boast of. Mr K M Dey & Co,
a wealthy Bengalee firm of Calcutta, being proprietors of extensive granite quarries at Niligiri in Orissa, found that the
great demand that had arisen for the stone necessitated a large increase in their staff of miners to enable them to meet it,
but with the primitive means at their disposal it was impossible to transport this increased output to the nearest point of
the railway sufficiently quickly. The firm therefore decided to construct a short 2'6" gauge railway from the mines to
Balsore station on the BNR(East Coast section), a distance of some 13 miles through a country that is largely flat. Sanction
having been obtained in due course, construction work was started in August 1908 and the line opened in January 1909. For
the present the only commodity transported is granite, but it is probable that sanction will be sought in time to the
carriage of passengers and general goods traffic, while the line itself may be extended over the hills, to which it now runs,
into the heart of Orissa, a project involving this being under consideration. It is a concern with a future before it and an
energetic management should make it a financial success it deserves to be. The two illustrations given depict the locomotive
and rolling stock of the line, which have been supplied by OK. The line posses a saloon carriage built in the Howrah
workshops of Messers Burn & Co, which is of interest as it shows what excellent workmanship in this line the firm refereed
to are capable of turning out of their workshops. The salon has a length over headstocks of 15' 9", a width over solebars of
6'4" and a height of 6'0" from floor to cant rail. It is divided into two compartments, the salon proper and a servants room. The former is upholstered in dark green "pantasote", the floor being covered in green linoleum to match. In one corner a completely fitted lavatory with collapsible fittings has been installed, while illumination is supplied by single and double candle lamps of EIR pattern. The body of the coach is of Burma teakwood, the inside and outside panels being of mild steel with teak moulding, stained and polished to resemble mahogany. The roof and upper outside panels are painted white with dark brown lining, while the waist panels are painted teak colour, grained and varnished, the whole forming a neat and effective finish. Glass window, louvers and gauze frames are provided. The body is carried on a channel steel underframe upon Messers Burn & Co.'s standard wheels, axles and axleboxes. Taken all round, the salon besides having smart appearance and being excellently constructed, provides for ease and comfort in travelling which it would be difficult to excel in a special gauge carriage.iii
Two 2'6" gauge OK were supplied to Khettur Mohan Dey. With the evidence of the photographs in the 'Ways of our light
railways' article, it is assumed that they were used at Nilgiri Granite and Stone.
Gauge: 2'6"
0-6-0T OK 2683 1908
0-6-0T OK 2684 1908
Ordnance Factory, Bolangir
Gauge: BG
4wDH SAN 467 1994
Orissa Cement, Rajgangpur 70 B2
There are two cement factories in the state located at Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district and Baragarh in Sambalpur district.
The factory at Rajgangpur, named as the Orissa Cement Ltd., was established in pursuance of an agreement in December 1948,
between the state of Orissa and M/s Dalmia Jain Agencies Ltd.
Gauge: 2'0"
4w?E Jung 12670 1956
4w?E Jung 12671 1956
4w?E Jung 12672 1956
4wDH SAN 43 1975
Gauge: BG
0-4-0DH SAN 447 1992
0-4-0DH SAN 448 1992
0-4-0DH SAN 449 1992
Orissa Construction Corporation Ltd, Kolabnagar
Gauge: 2'0"
4wDH SAN 289 1983
Orissa Mineral Development Corporation
Thakupari Site
Gauge: BG
4wDH Telco 126
4wDH Telco 131
Unknown Site
Gauge: 2'0"
4wDM HE 4190 1948
4wDM HE 4191 1948
http://www.orissamining.com/profile.htm
Paradip Port Trust
Gauge: BG
0-6-0DH DLW 1996-7 (a)
0-6-0DH DLW 1998-9 (a)
(a) WDS 6 type
Straw Products Ltd, Rayagada 81 H3
Gauge: BG
4wDH SAN 45 1975
Tata Refactories Ltd, Belpahar
Gauge: 2'0"
2w-2PMR Wkm 6730 1953
Gauge: BG
4wDH Telco 139
i IRS 110/4
ii IRS 110/4
iii Ways of our light railways, p58-59
