LIGHT RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS
PUNJAB
East India Tramways, Karachi
Gauge: 4'0"
MR 1960 1920
MR 1961 1920
MR 1962 1920
MR 1963 1920
MR 1964 1920
MR 1965 1920
MR 1966 1920
MR 1967 1920
MR 1968 1920
MR 1969 1920
MR 2142 1921
MR 2143 1921
MR 2144 1921
MR 2145 1921
MR 2146 1921
Of 1960-69, one was delivered complete and the remaining nine were delivered as underframes and running gear with necessary
fitments for the bodies and drawings to enable the body work to be constructed in India.
2142-46 were numbered 84-93.
All of these tramcars were delivered via Karachi.
Ferozpore Steam Tramway
Gauge: 2'0"
63/4-mile tramway that ran across a boat bridge over the Sutlej River, connecting the railway stations at Ferozpore, until
a BG bridge was built. Opened in 1885, it closed in 1888.i
0-4-0ST SS 2870 1880 (a)(1)
0-4-0ST SS 2871 1880 (b)(1)
0-4-0ST SS 2872 1880 (c)(1)
0-4-0ST SS 2890 1880 (d)(1)
(a) Supplied to DHR, A class No 2. Acquired 1885.
(b) Supplied to DHR, A class No 3. Acquired 1885.
(c) Supplied to DHR, A class No 4. Acquired 1885.
(d) Supplied to DHR, A class No 5. Acquired 1885.
(a) When the tramway closed, two locomotives were sent straight to Dandot Colliery in 1893. The other two were obtained by
NWR Gradient division and used on construction work. These two locomotives were sent to be used on the construction of the
NDR in 1899 (line opened 1901). One was then sent to Dandot in 1908.
Patalia State Monorail 18 A6
Gauge: Monorail
A Colnel Bowes, an army civil engineer, designed the line. He was in charge of the the construction of Kharagpur works for
the BNR. In the course of this he used a Ewing monorail system. H e later became the State Civil Engineer for the Maharajah
of Patalia, Bhupinder Singh. Marshland Price carried out construction & Co. Work began on constuction in 1907.
The line consisted of two separate unconnected systems. One ran 15 miles from Sirhind on the NWR to Morinda. The other ran
from Patalia to Sunam some 30 miles west; this line may not have reached its projected terminus. A photograph shows five
loaded bullock hauled (two bullocks to each car). Another photo shows two passenger coaches in what appears to be a yard/shed.
The locos were used on the Patalia - Sunam section as well as bullock haulage. The Sirhind - Morinda section was worked by
bullock haulage, the exception to this was a home-built experimental petrol powered loco, built some time in the 1920's using
"an ordinary motorcar" engine.
The system was closed in 1927. In 1962, one of the OK locos was found in scrap yard in Patalia along with an underframe from
the Chief Engineers salon. These were rebuildt at NR Amritsar works and put on display in the RTM, New Delhi.ii iii
0-3-0T OK 3356 1909 (a)
0-3-0T OK 3357 1909 (a)
0-3-0T OK 3358 1909 (a)
0-3-0T OK 3359 1909 (b)
0-3-0PM Home built (c)
(a) New. S/s c.1927
(b) New. S/s c.1927. Rebuilt 1962-1976 NR Amritsar works. PVD RTM
(c) Home built utilizing a car engine.
UTTAR PRADESH
Darurala Light Railway
Gauge: 2'0"
4-6-0T BLW 44656 1916 (a)
4-6-0T BLW 44699 1916 (b)
4-6-0T BLW 44972 1916 (c)
(a) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 778. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Darurala Light Railway date unknown
(b) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 795. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Darurala Light Railway date unknown
(c) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 935. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Darurala Light Railway date unknown
Dhampur-Sherkot Tramway 23 F3
Gauge: 2'0"
4wDM JF 3930025 1951
Powyan Steam Tramway Co
Gauge: 2'6"
The Powyan Steam Tramway Company Limited constructed a tramway along an existing district road from Shahjahanpur, on the
BG ORR, to Powyan (opened in 1890) on then Khotar and finally Mailani on the MG RKR which was reached in 1894, a total of
40 miles. The main object, besides encouraging local traffic, was to tap the forest areas near Khotar for fuel for
Shahjahanpur and the Rosa sugar factory. The RKR took over working in 1900 and the management in 1907.iv In 1918, the all
the stock and permanent way was commandeered for use by the Persian Field Force on use on the Bushire Railway, the RKR
receiving Rs 40,000 per annum as compensation. The Bushire Railway closed in March 1921 and all the stock was shipped back
to Bombay for disposal. v The eventually fate of the stock is unknown.
1 0-4-2ST JF 5949 1889 (a)
2 0-4-2ST JF 5951 1889 (a)
0-4-2ST JF 6106 1889 (b)
0-4-2ST JF 6107 1889 (b)
3 0-4-2ST JF 6412 1890 (a)
4 0-4-2 JF 7060 1894 (a)
5 0-4-2 N 6135 1902 (a)
(a) In 1918, Nos. 1-5 were sent to Bushire Railway, Persia (along with the track and other stock). All were returned to
Bombay in 1921. Eventual fate unknown.
(b) Although sent to Calcutta for PST, they may not actually have worked on it.
GUJERAT
Bhavnagar Tramway
In 1926, the Bhavnagar State opened a 2'6" gauge tramway from Bhavnagar southwards to Talaja and in 1938 this was extended
to Mahura, a distance of 67 1/2miles. On 1/4/1948 the line became part of the Saruhstra Railway system and in due course
part or WR.
Gauge: 2'6"
1 4-8-0 Han 10460 1925 (a)
2 0-6-2 MW 1474 1900 (b)
3 4-8-0 WB 2300 1927 (c)
4 4-8-0 HC 1657 1935 (d)
5 4-8-0 WB 2538 1935 (e)
(a) New. Became SaR No 1 in 1948 and renumbered No 600 in 1957
(b) Supplied to KTTR, No 81. Obtained from NWR in 1925.
(c) New. Became SaR No 2 in 1948 and renumbered No 601 in 1957.
(d) New. Became SaR No 3 in 1948 and renumbered No 602 in 1957
(e) New. Became SaR No 4 in 1948 and renumbered No 603 in 1957
Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway 62 C1, B2
Line opened early 11/1922. vi
Gauge: MG
0-6-0DM JF 4200029 1949
0-6-0DM JF 4200030 1949
0-6-0DM JF 4200031 1949
0-6-0DM JF 4200032 1949
0-6-0DM JF 4200033 1949
0-6-0DM JF 4200034 1949
Nawanagar Tramways, Jamnagar 62 C3
Gauge: 2'0"
4wPM MR 2088 1926 (a)
4wPM MR 4215 1929
(a) Supplied via India Automobiles, Bombay
His Highness the Thakar Sahib of Rajkot, Rajkot - Beti Tramway 63 E2
Gauge: 2'6"
0-4-0PM JF 16335 1925
0-4-0PM JF 16336 1925
4wDM JF 20699 1935
4wDM JF 21062 1935
Wadhwan Tramways 63 G1
Gauge: 2'6"
4wPM MR 2000 1920
4wPM MR 2002 1920
1.4 MAHARASHTRA
Nasik Tramway 76 C1
Gauge: 2'6"
railcar MP 606 1916
railcar MP 607 1916
railcar MP 791 1920
railcar MP 792 1920
1.5 ASSAM
Dwara-Therria Light Railway
Gauge: 2'6"
A line authorised to run from Dwara Bazar northeastwards to Therria Ghat, a station on the Cherra-Companyganj State Railway.
The main traffic was to be limestone. The promoter died in 1904 and the company building the line went into liquidation in
1909. All of the locomotives and rolling stock were brought by the Dehri Rotas Light Railway in 1911.vii
1 0-6-2T AE 1457 1902
2 0-6-2T AE 1458 1902
3 0-6-2T AE 1459 1902
1.6 BIHAR
Dehri-Rohtas Light Railway
In 1907 Octavius Steel & Company of Calcutta promoted the Dehri Rohtas Tramway Company to construct a 24-mile line from
Dehri-on-Sone, on the EIR mainline, to Rohtas. However in 1909 the project was up graded to a Light Railway so that the
promoters could purchase the stock of the Dwara-Therria LR, then in liquidation. The line opened in 1911 and in 1927 it was
extended a further 11/2 miles to Rohtas Fort. By 1913-14 the railway was carrying annually over 50,000 passengers and nearly
90,000 tons of freight, including 55,000 tons of marble and stone.viii
Line originally ran from Rohtas but was extended to Tiura Pipradih (66kms from Dehri) when the Rohtas quarries were worked
out. Two return passenger trains run daily, with a frequent service of stone trains worked by HC & KM 2-6-2 locomotives or
by the 2-6-2T's acquired in 1967 from KSR. Main shed and works are at Dehri but some locomotives are kept at the cement works
at Dehri. Three locomotives are owned by Rohtas Industries but operated by DRLR, whose own stock consists of twenty-nine
locomotives. The RI locomotives are two 0-6-2T AE's and a BLW 0-6-0ST, while the DRLR has eight 2-6-2 HC & KrM's, seven
2-6-2T's two KS's and the rest ex-KSR locomotives, four 2-8-4T HC's, five 0-6-2T KS & AE's, an 0-6-4T AE, an 0-6-0T running
as an 0-4-2T, two 0-4-0T's one Hen and the other unidentified and a derelict 4wTG S which appears to be converted from a
road vehicle.ix
In 12/1981, ZBs headed all stone strains and a ZB and and ex KSR loco were Dehri yard pilots. An 2-8-4T was working the
passenger service. x
Nothing has moved since the railway was shut down on 16/7/1984. In the shed seven ZB's and three tank locomotives, one being
an ex-KSR locomotive. All were totally rusted through with vegetation running riot on, through and around them. The
locomotives are locked up and inaccessible without permission. The DRLR workshops are situated a little way out of town and
are also locked up and guarded. Two ZB's are stripped down mid-overhaul and seven tank engines in various states of
dereliction. Also present was a small OK diesel locked up in a wire compound. There were several items of coaching stock
dating from the early 1900's and built in Leeds. Of the DRLR lines, the old exchange sidings were tightly packed with rusting
wagons and box vans. The entire track from the sidings into the country has been lifted. The track in the area round the
loco shed and factory boundary is still intact, although fenced off and inaccesible from local paths and roads.xi
Gauge: 2'6"
19 0-6-0T R&R 1880 (a)
1 0-6-2T AE 1457 1902 (1)
2 0-6-2T AE 1458 1902 (1)
3 0-6-2T AE 1459 1902
25 2-6-2T NB 16059 1904 (b)
26 2-6-2T NB 16820 1905 (c)
21 2-6-2T KS 946 1906 (d)
22 2-6-2T KS 974 1907 (e)
24 2-6-2T NB 18598 1908 (f)
23 2-6-2T NB 18788 1909 (g)
27 2-6-2T NB 18787 1909 (h)
16 2-8-4T HC 982 1913 (i)
15 2-8-4T HC 984 1913 (j)
18 2-8-4T HC 1003 1913 (k)
17 2-8-4T HC 1005 1913 (l)
1 0-6-2T KS 3119 1920 (m)
2 0-6-2T KS 3120 1920 (m)
20 0-4-0T Hens 17692 1920 (n)
0-4-0T Hens 20756 1920 (o)
4 0-4-0T S D3906 1921 (p)
5 0-6-2T AE 1856 1920
6 0-6-4T AE 1982 1926
29 2-6-4T Martins 1946 (q)
30 0-6-0DM OK 25629 1950
7 2-6-2 HC 1806 1950 (r)
8 2-6-2 HC 1807 1950 (r)
9 2-6-2 HC 1808 1950 (r)
10 2-6-2 HC 1809 1950 (r)
11 2-6-2 KrM 17906 1954 (r)
12 2-6-2 KrM 17907 1954 (r)
13 2-6-2 KrM 18300 1954 (r)
14 2-6-2 KrM 18301 1954 (r)
28 2-6-4T HE 3864 1955 (s)
15 2-6-2 S1Br 1959 (t)
2-2wPMR Home Built (u)
(a) ex Lower Ganges Bridge project, either R&R 14, 15 or 17 (q.v.). Re-gauged to 2'0" and worked at Sasaram Quarry (56 A1),
date unknown. Re-gauged back to 2'6" and transferred to DRLR in 1953. Derelict 1972
(b) ex IR K class, No 538. Delivered to KSR K2 class, No 14. Became IR No 538. Acquired 1967
(c) ex IR K class, No 538. Delivered to KSR K class, No 21. Became IR No 521. Later rebuilt with a superheater and
reclassified as KC class. Acquired 1967
(d) ex DBLR, No 2 IR 114. Acquired 1966. OOU 1974
(e) ex DBLR, No 3. IR 115. Acquired 1966. OOU 1974
(f) ex IR K class, No 529. Delivered to KSR K class, No 30. Became IR No 529. Acquired 1967
(g) ex IR K class, No 514. Delivered to KSR K class, No 1. Became IR No 514. Acquired 1967
(h) ex IR K class, No 536. Delivered to KSR K class, No 37. Became IR No 536. Acquired 1967
(i) ex GIPR (CPR) A/1 class No 1 (CR No 699). Acquired 1959. Wdn by 1968
(j) ex GIPR (CPR) A/1 class No 3 (CR No 701). Acquired 1959. Wdn by 1968
(k) ex GIPR (CPR) A/1 class No 4 (CR No 702). Acquired 1959. Wdn by 1967
(l) ex GIPR (CPR) A/1 class No 6 (CR No 705). Acquired 1959. Wdn by 1967
(m) Supplied to India Office, Calcutta as a 2'0" gauge locomotive. Worked on quarry line at Sasaram near Dehri. Re-gauged to
2'6" by DRLR in 1951. OOU by 1972
(n) Supplied to "India", acquired ?. Derelict by 1972
(o) Supplied to Beruck & Comens, Calcutta. Derelict by 1972
(p) Converted road lorry. Derelict 1967
(q) ex SSLR No 12. Acquired 1972
(r) ZB class
(s) ex SSLR No 18. Acquired 1972
(t) ex Kosi project, acquired 1959. ZB class
(u) converted from a Willy's jeep
(1) to Rohtas Industries by 1951
HARAYNA
Jagadhri Light Railway
3.3 miles long, opened in 1911. Connected Jagadhri City in the Punjab with Jagadhri on the NWR.xii
Gauge: 2'0"
1 0-4-0T HE 1055 1911
2 0-4-0T HE 1068 1911
3 4-6-0T BLW 44528 1916 (a)
4 4-6-0T BLW 44708 1917 (b)
(a) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 728. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Jagadhri Light Railway c.1929
(b) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 803. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Jagadhri Light Railway c.1929
RAJAHSTAN
Dholpur-Bari Light Railway
Gauge: 2'6"
Built by the Maharaja Rana of Dholpur and was opened to Bari in 1908, being extended to Tantpur during 1913-4 with a later
branch to Sirmuttra (1917 and 1929). The chief traffic was stone from the Dholpur State quarries, the 1917 branch being
specifically for the carriage of stone for building New Delh ix iii
1 0-4-2ST KS 855 1904 (a)
2 2-6-2T KS 946 1906 (b)
3 2-6-2T KS 974 1907 (c)
4 2-8-4T HC 959 1911 (d)
5 0-6-2T KS 4033 1919 (e)
6 2-8-4T KS 4205 1919 (f)
(a) New. Construction locomotive
(b) New. Ren 114 in 1957
(c) New. Ren 115 in 1957
(d) New. Ren 734 in 1957
(e) New. Ren 116 in 1957
(f) New. Ren 735 in 1957
Jodhpur Railway
Gauge: 2'0"
A 251/4-mile long line, known as the Pipar Raod-Ravi (late Bilara) Light Railway was constructed and owned by the Jodhpur
Durbar. Opened during 1910-12 it was worked by the Jodhpur Railway until replaced by a MG line in 1928. The locomotives
then went to the Jodhpur City Tramway.xiv
1 LION 0-6-0 OK 3469 1909
2 TIGER 0-6-0 Decau 1910
BURMA
Madaya Light Railway
Gauge: 2'6"
This line ran northwards from Mandalay for 8 miles to Toungbyon and was opened in 1912. In 1917 it was completed for a
further 8 miles to Madaya. In 1917 the Company went into voluntary liquidation in 1919 and was sold to a private undertaking.
On 1/4/1923 the Government of Burma purchased the line and the working was made over to the BR; it was closed down in 2/1927
being replaced by a MG line.
The original four locomotives came second hand from the Thanton-Duyinzaik Railway. Statistics for 3/1921 gave seven
locomotives as the stock; it is unknown what the other three locomotives were.xv
0-4-2ST Barr 1883
0-4-2ST Barr 1883
0-6-0WT D Kerr 1885
0-6-0 D Kerr 1901
i IL, pt III, p77
ii RTM guide, p??
iii The Patalia State Tramway web site
iv IL pt iii, p78.
v IL pt iii, p84
vi IE 2/12/1922
vii IL pt 3
viii IL pt3
ix IRS 110/4
x CRJ 50
xi CRJ 99
xii IL pt 3
xiii IL pt 3
xiv IL pt 3
xv IL pt 3
