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| Dehri
Rohtas Light Railway's locomotive number 5 on 14th January 1980. This
is an 0-6-2T built by Avonside of Bristol as their number 1856 in 1920.
and was one of four similar locos built by Avonside for the DRLR between
1902 and 1920. (Mick Pope) |
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| Dehri
Rohtas Light Railway's locomotive number 6. Another Avonside product
but this one being an 0-6-4T, works number 1982 of 1926. It is seen on
special train arranged for the Industrial Railway Society, again taken
on 14th January 1980. (Mick Pope) |
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| A
2'6" gauge 0-6-0T built by Baldwin, works number 50789/1918 at
Kalyanpur Lime & Cement, Banjari, Rohtas district, Bihar on 14th
January 1980. This loco was obtained second hand in 1933. It was
originally No 7 on the Bengal Provinces Railway. (Mick Pope) |
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| Two
locos of the Bombay Port Trust A class locomotives. Numbers 19
(Naysmyth Wilson 1363, built 1921) and (Naymsyth Wilson 1360 also built
1921) were part of the 30 strong A class 2-6-0T locos built by Naysmyth
Wilson and Vulcan Foundry between 1913 and 1922. Taken in late 1979.
(Mick Pope) |
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| Bombay
Port Trust's Wadala shed during the IRS visit in late 1979. Seen in
this view is A class loco number 21 (Naysmyth Wilson 1365/1921). (Mick
Pope) |
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| A
shot of Bombay Port Trust A class locos 16 and 19 taking a train to the
exchange sidings of Indian Railways on the IRS visit of January 1980.
(Mick Pope) |
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| More
BPT A class locos. Here 14 (Naysmyth Wilson 1111 of 1915) and 29
(Vulcan Foundry 3574 of 1922) sit withdrawn from service at Wadala shed
on 4th March 1980. (David Churchill) |
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| More
modern traction on the BPT system. Number 50 (CLC 3036/1961) is one of
seven 0-6-0DH 320hp locos delivered by the Canadian Locomotive Co for
the Bombay Port system in 1961. Taken on 4th March 1980. (David
Churchill) |
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| BPT
number 37 (Hen 29549/1957) at Wadala shed on 4th March 1980. This is
one of ten Henschel DH440 type locos delivered to the BPT. The same type
of loco was delivered to Indian Railways where they were classified as
WDSx. (David Churchill) |
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| BPT
35 (Hen 29547/1957) and 44 (CLC 3018/1961) head an oil train on 4th
March 1980. 44 was one of three B-BDH supplied by the Canadian
Locomotive company to be used a hump shunters by the BPT. They replaced
two 2-10-2T locos supplied by Naysmyth Wilson in 1922. (David Churchill) |
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| BPT 50 again in company of 45 (CLC 3019/1961) both dead at Wadala shed on 4th March 1980. (David Churchill) |
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| Calcutta
Port Trust number 43 (Mits 874/1956) was part of a batch of twenty
0-6-2T locos delivered from Mitsubishi of Japan in 1955 and 1956. There
were 45 locomotives of the same design delivered to CPT between 1945 and
1956. The design originated from the Hunslet Engine Co who delivered
the first 13 locos and then further batches were built by Hunslet,
Henschel and Mitsubishi. Taken during an IRS visit on 5th January 1980
(Mick Pope) |
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| Another
view of CPT No 43 along with two other locos of the same class taken
during the IRS visit of 5th January 1980. (Mick Pope) |
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| D53
(CLC 3013/1961) at Calcutta Port Trust's Hide Road shed with an
unidentified 0-6-0DH CLC loco. D53 was one of ten B-BDH locos supplied
by CLC to Cacutta Port Trust, they are the same as the locos supplied to
Bombay Port Trust. Taken 1st March 1979. (David Churchill) |
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| An unidentified 0-6-2T loco at Calcutta Port Trust on 1st March 1979. (David Churchill) |
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