Historical Steam
This album contains undated, non location or railway specific historical images of steam on all gauges. Contains builder pictures, ex works, publicity material, vintage advertisements, posters and Indian locomotives in transit and on foreign soil. Also contains pictures of last runs of specific locomotives and last steam haulage on a particular route.
Album: L Class Locomotives
L Class Locomotives
Final run of WL 15005 seen entering the National Rail Museum. Photo by Harsh Vardhan, Dec. 1995.
WL 15005 Sher-e-Punjab arrives at National Rail Museum - Dec. 1995
WL 15005 `Sher-e-Punjab' seen arriving at the National Rail Museum on its final run on 21st Dec. 1995. The locomotive hauled Udyan Abha Toofan Express from Firozpur Jn. to Delhi Jn. earlier in the day. - Harsh Vardhan
WL #15057 at Chittaranjan Loco Works. Scan provided by Harsh Vardhan.
Early WP manufactured in Canada. Scan provided by Harsh Vardhan.
Bengal Nagpur Rly. P class Beyer Garratt, RG 1940. Provided by John Lacey.
North Western Railway's first modified E class (E/M) loco. Provided by John Lacey.
Three variations on the E class Atlantics. Scan provided by John Lacey.
BB&CI Rly.'s Frontier Mail on the run, hauled by an XC loco. Scan from a postcard, provided by John Lacey.
GIPR loco #322 in 1906. Provided by John Lacey.
Nilgiri Mountain Railway X class locomotive at the SLM works. Builder's photo. Scan provided by John Lacey.
WP #3037 ex-works, on standard gauge bogies. Scan provided by John Lacey.
WP #3036 built with a Giesl ejector. Scan provided by John Lacey.
WP steam and firing tests, 1957. Scan provided by John Lacey.
World's longest platform in 1927: Sonepur on the Bengal Nagpur and Western Railway. Scan provided by John Lacey.
Account of GIPR steam ascent trials on the Khandala ghat, 1918. Scan provided by John Lacey.
Various types of Garratts. The second is a Bengal Nagpur Railways loco. Scan from the Malesco Superheater Locomotive publicity materials, 1947. Uploaded By Jimmy Jose.
The first loco is a Bombay Baroda and Central Indian Railway Metre Gauge Bagnall 2-8-2 loco. Scan from the Malesco Superheater Locomotive publicity materials, 1947. Uploaded By Jimmy Jose.
Cut section showing various internal parts of a loco meant for Indian Government Railways. Scan from the Malesco Superheater Locomotive publicity materials, 1947. Uploaded By Jimmy Jose.
A WV class 2-6-2 Passenger Tank loco of the East Indian Railways, built by Vulcan Foundry. Scan from the Malesco Superheater Locomotive publicity materials, 1947. Uploaded by Jimmy Jose.
A WW class 0-6-2 North Western Railways shunting loco. Scan from the Malesco Superheater Locomotive publicity materials, 1947. Uploaded by Jimmy Jose.
A YP class loco is being loaded on to a ship, to be transported to India from Great Britain. Scan from the British Locomotive and Allied Manufacturers' Association trade brochure, 1957. Uploaded by Jimmy Jose.
A dismantled loco is being loaded on to a sailship, destined for India. Scan from the British Locomotive and Allied Manufacturers' Association trade brochure, 1957. Uploaded by Jimmy Jose.
XE class loco. Postcard from the 1960's based on a painting by R V Govindarajulu. Uploaded by Jimmy Jose.
WP class loco. Postcard from the 1960's based on a painting by R V Govindarajulu. Uploaded by Jimmy Jose.
HPS class loco. Postcard from the 1960's based on a painting by R V Govindarajulu. Uploaded by Jimmy Jose.