Locomotive of the East Indian Railway. Date unknown, but close to 1901.

Original description: "They had cylinders 14 x 22ins., driving wheels 6 ft. 6 ins. in diameter, and the leading and trailing wheels 4 ft. in diameter. Total weight2 9 tons. Locomotives of this type were used on the railway soon after it was opened between Howrah (Calcutta) and Raneegange, a distance of 125 miles. [...] This locomotive was the first which ran on the East Indian Railway between Howrah and Raneegange and conveyed troop trains to Raneegange in the memorable year of 1857, was placed on this pedestal January 22, 1901, as a fitting memorial in these works of the termination of the glorious reign of our beloved Empress and Queen, Victoria the Good."

Additional information: This image features in Hugh Hughes' "Indian Locomotives - Part 1" with this caption; "EIR 2-2-2WT 26 FAWN was one of four built by Slaughter, Gruning & Co. at Avonside Iron Works in 1857. Although similar in design to the two earlier Kitson engines, they were somewhat heavier and more powerful." The two Kitson engines referred to are Express and Fairy Queen (EIR 21/2).


From "Railway and Locomotive engineering", 1909. Scan from the Internet Archive of Book Images.