This album contains pictures of broad gauge steam locomotives from the pre independence (1947) era.
This is what I believe The Imperial Mail pulling into Nagpur Junction. This is an undated photograph reproduced from a glass plate negative. However the shining 4-4-2 E1 class locomotive at the helm suggests that the picture could be from 1910-5. Note the
`Orion', an East Indian Railway locomotive numbered 97 was originally built as 0-4-0 WT in 1859-60 by Avonside. All locomotives from this batch were originally just named and the numbers were added only between 1880-4. All were rebuilt as 0-4-2 WT in 186
East Indian Railway (EIR), E class locomotive No. 202, a 2-4-0 built by Kitson in 1860-1. These were amongst the earliest standard design mass-produced locomotives for a railway company in India.
A picture postcard from early 1900s showing an early 4-6-0 design locomotive of East Indian Railway (possibly P class).
An undated picture postcard showing Kota(h) station with an UP train on the platform. Postcard was in the personal collection of Station Master of this station between November 1918 to February 1922. Locomotive in picture is an H Class 4-6-0 No. 519 built
An undated picture postcard showing Gangapur City station with a train crossing. Postcard was in the personal collection of Station Master of this station between February 1922 till December 1922. Facing locomotive is an H class No. 505 buily by Vulcan Fo
East Indian Railway's CT class 0-6-4T locomotive No. 843 was built/assembled at Jamalpur Works in 1906/7
53 Up Lahore - Quetta train of the North Western Railway, hauled by three 2-8-0 type HGS class locomotives, Nannar Nala bridge at the beginning of the Bolan Pass incline. Mid-1930's. (P.S.A. Berridge, coll. Olga Berridge.) ()
CWD class 2-8-2 No. 5107 seen at Karachi in 1947. It was built by Canadian Locomotive Company at Kingston, Ontario. 5107 was amongst the first batch of 28 broad gauge war department locomotives built. It is still a coal burner when photographed but all st