This album contains pictures of Industrial Steam locomotives on all gauges in the Indian sub-continent.
This shows the nice cast plate bearing the BPT 'coat of arms' - I wish I had one of those off a scrapped loco!
This is where the beasts live - they had about 15 steam and 14 diesels at the time - at the end of 1979
Indian Iron and Steel at Manoharpur had a collection of 0-4-2 tank engines on it 2'6" railway that served the iron ore mines at Chiria. Note the tall `balloon' stacks on the engine used for arresting sparks as the railway passed through dense forest
`Margrit', one of the two 0-6-0 tank engine built by Roberst Stephenson and Hawthorn in 1957 for Tinplate Company of India Ltd. at Jamshedpur - Mick Pope(Jan. 12,1980)
Saraya Sugar Mills at Sardarnagar near Gorakhpur (presently underlockout) has a network comprising of 2'6" and metre gauge. Here, a 0-6-2 engine built by Kitson in 1900 hauls a train full of sugarcane on the 2'6" gauge. Prior to arriving at Sara
`Tweed', a 0-4-0 tender engine built by Dubs in 1873 is the oldest surviving steam engine(and possibly in working order too!) on metre gauge in the world - Mick Pope(Jan. 16, 1980)
A broad gauge(5'6") 0-6-2 tank engine No. 43 built by Mitsubishi of Japan for the Calcutta Port Commissioners in 1955 - Mick Pope(Jan. 5, 1980)
Calcutta Port railway March 1, 1979. Locomotive 31 built by Mitsibushi in 1955. Dead but serviceable. Many steam locomotives were in use at that time.
This months' nostalgia comes in the form of Bombay Port Trust at Wadala Road and their unusual 2-6-0 tanks. #16 was built by Kitson in 1922 and #19 in 1921. They look out of place against the overhead wires and modern flats
Calcutta Port Trust - scene at loco shed in March 1979. An interesting comparison with the recent view uploaded by Shantanu Sen
Calcutta Port Trust locoshed in 1979.
Inside the locoshed at Calcutta Port Trust 1979
Front elevation of the Calcutta Port Trust locoshed 1979
Typical Calcutta Port Trust 0-6-2 tank locomotive with two sisters in the background.1979