A Heritage Steam loco is now at display infront of Mysore Station - All the three divisons under South Western Railway now sport a steam loco at their DRM offices. Can anyone think of any other zones with this distinction?
A few more details about this Heritage Steam Loco:
This 4-4-4 E-Class Steam Locomotive[Serial # 22782] built by the North British Locomotive Atlas Works, Glasgow in 1920, was procured at a cost of INR 89,663/-. This loco started serving the Visveshwaraiah Iron and Steel Ltd, Bhadravathi from March-1921. A total of 23 such locos were built and currently only 3 are preserved - 1 in India and 2 in United Kingdom.
Other Technical Details:
Gauge: Metre Gauge
Length: 10922mm
Width: 2599mm
Height: 3428mm
Weight: 39.43 tonnes
Cylinder Diameter and Stroke Length: 356X508mm
Type of Valve: walschaerts
Water Capacity:960 gallons
Coal Capacity: 2.75tonnes (Kunal.S.Doddanavar)
Photo Properties
| Make | Canon | Model | Canon PowerShot A540 |
| Aperture Value | f/4 | Color Space | sRGB |
| Exposure Bias Value | 0 EV | Flash | Unknown: 80 |
| Focal Length | 11.76 mm | Metering Mode | Multi-Segment |
| Shutter Speed Value | 1/100 sec | Digital Zoom Ratio | 1 |
| Date/Time | 2011 Dec 04 11:44:13 +0000 |
Recent comments
Wow. This must have be an Industrial locomotive of that time.
I wonder if it did any mainline services.
Posted by Dilip Setlur on 2011 Dec 21 01:54:09 +0000