Commendable job Subho! As this line is getting converted to BG, KWF loco shed will be withdrawn!

Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2011 Apr 27 13:17:02 +0000

A correction, the loco on the right is a 0-4-0 engine.

Posted by Rahul on 2011 Jan 30 13:47:14 +0000

wow... would like to see more pictures of these from the side view...

Posted by Nikhil Padinjaroot Karunakaran on 2011 Jan 30 11:48:13 +0000

Hi,

It's a Beautiful & motivitic.

Posted by Tapas Giri_Digha. (guest) on 2010 Sep 14 07:50:03 +0000

Any Garratt is too long to capture in one frame. Haha.

Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2010 Jul 16 11:18:53 +0000

Thanks Rahul for sharing. Yes, a full view would be much appreciated and of course other details like location, etc. The restoration does, indeed, look very promising!

Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2010 Jul 15 14:33:04 +0000

Amazing restoration work from what was seen remaining of this locomotive in 1999. Congratulations to all involved with this Herculean project.

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2010 Jul 15 03:28:51 +0000

MG garrat. Any chance of a full view?

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2010 Jul 15 02:59:40 +0000

Thanks Harsh, this is indeed a 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt! You will also be glad to know that I had the opportunity to meet the authorities there, who are very keen in restoring this loco to it's former shape and glory. Within a day or two I shall send them a picture of a similar war department Garratt loco from Burma, showing them the original fittings.

Posted by Rahul on 2010 Jul 12 18:18:34 +0000

This is Bengal Assam Railway's metre gauge Bayer Garratt locomotive GX 32086 (BP 7144). For years (decades) it has been spotted rusting away at Guwahati and it has been recently moved to Tinsukia for preservation. It is the only known metre gauge Garratt locomotve in existence. Great work Rahul! Perhaps you can ask the powers to be to scrape, clean and paint the works plate in a different colour. Also, they should research and paint the locomotive in its original colour which this one seems unlikely to be.

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2010 Jul 12 17:07:50 +0000