Puzzle Picture. Can anyone identify the line and loco in this picture taken in Southern India in 1980? Clue - it is not an IR line. Mick Pope.

Date: 2005-09-09
Owner: Mick Pope
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Color Space Uncalibrated Date/Time 2005 Sep 08 22:33:47 +0100
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Congratulations Harsh, you are correct. It is Mysore I&S and the loco a 2' gauge 2-8-2, Kitson built in 1922.I don't think they ran a public passenger service.
Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 23:39:20 +0100
I should rather say this is an Ex IR ES class loco, during the time this picure was shot. Looks like it is handling a mixed passenger. Private railways operated passengers too?
Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 15:35:46 +0100
Looks like pacific ES class loco used in Bangalore-Bangarapet line. See pic here:
http://www.irfca.org/photos/RobDickinsonSteam/Slide34
Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 15:32:13 +0100
Hmmm.. If this is not supposed to be an IR line and if Harsh's second assumption is correct, could this be a photo from the Achalpur - Murtazapur - Uavatmal line?
Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 13:21:13 +0100
I am only guessing but would it be one of the 2' gauge 2-8-2 from Mysore iron and Steel at Bhadravati?
It does look more like a B/1 or D/1 from CR.
Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 02:47:22 +0100
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