As of 2022[update] the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal, India, had approximately one hundred pieces of rolling stock. These include several of the narrow-gauge locomotives of India within the Northeast Frontier Railway zone. As of 2017[update], six out of thirteen remaining steam locomotives were operation.[1] Starting in 2017, it was planned to start producing new replacement parts and to stop the process of the cannibalism that had been used to keep the remaining steam engines going.[2]
Locomotives
editNumber | Type | Names | Built | Builder | Notes |
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Steam | Baby Sivok | 1881 or 1917 | Orenstein & Koppel or Sharp, Stewart and Company | hauled Jawaharlal Nehru at Indian Railway Centenary in 1952 or 1953;[3] plinthed at Siliguri Junction railway station (1957 or 1973; ‒1999); cosmetically restored (1999); Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum railway station (2000‒); | |
01 | B Class | Tindharia | [4] | ||
600 | NDM-6 | 1997 | SAN Engineering and Locomotive | Originally delivered to Matheran Hill Railway | |
601 | NDM-6 | 1997 | SAN Engineering and Locomotive | ||
602 | NDM-6 | 1997 | SAN Engineering and Locomotive | ||
603 | NDM-6 | Tridhara[5] | 1997 | SAN Engineering and Locomotive | Originally delivered to Matheran Hill Railway |
604 | NDM-6 | Maverick | 1997 | SAN Engineering and Locomotive | |
605 | NDM-6 | Buccaneer | 1997 | SAN Engineering and Locomotive | |
6xx | NDM-6 | 2024 | c.NFR, New Bongaigaon/ Tindharia | Planned new diesel locomotive[6][7] | |
6xx | NDM-6 | 2024 | c.NFR, New Bongaigaon/ Tindharia | Planned new diesel locomotive[6][7] | |
6xx | NDM-6 | 2024 | c.NFR, New Bongaigaon/ Tindharia | Planned new diesel locomotive[6][7] | |
777 | B Class | 18 B | 1881 | Works #3517; DHR No. 18; rebuilt at Tindharia (1917), withdrawn (1957), cosmetically restored (2014); National Rail Museum, New Delhi[8][9] | |
778 | B Class | 19 B | 1889 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | Works #3518; DHR No.19. Rebuilt at Tindharia Works (1908). Overhauled (1956). Withdrawn (30 September 1960). Purchased by Elliot Donnelley (1962) for Ampersand, Reset and South Eastern Railroad, Lake Forest, Illinois, US. Relocated to Hesston Steam Museum, US (1967; 1982‒). Damaged by fire (26 May 1985), restored (1985), retired (1988). Purchased by Adrian Shooter (2002). Arrived at Tyseley Locomotive Works (19 January 2003‒). Rebuilt with tender and railway air brakes (2003). Beeches Light Railway, England (2004‒2023). Purchased by Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust (21 June 2023). Relocated to Statfold Barn Railway, England (2023‒). Planned overhaul (2024). |
779 | B Class | Himalayan Bird | Eagles on cylinders [4] | ||
780 | B Class | Wanderer | 1892 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | Re-built (2010) at Golden Rock Railway Workshop[10][4] |
781 | B Class | 1899 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | Sold to North Eastern Coalfields, Tipong Colliery (1968). Donated by Coal India and plinthed at Railway Heritage Park, Tinsukia, Assam (2010‒) on top of two Assam Bengal Railway bridge pillars from 1898.[11] | |
782 | B Class | [4] | |||
783 | B Class | 1900 | Sharp, Stewart and Company[12] | Works #4562[12] | |
785 | B Class | Plinthed outside Dehradun railway station[13] | |||
786 | B Class |
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787 | B Class | Converted to oil-firing (2002); cosmetically converted back; plinthed at Siliguri Junction railway station (2019‒) | |||
788 | B Class | Tusker | 1913 | North British[12] | Works #20144;[12][4] |
791 | B Class | 1914 | North British[12] | Works #23302;[12] spares donor, Siliguri[4] | |
792 | B Class | Hawkeye[4] | 1917 | Baldwin Locomotive Works[12] | Works #44912[12] |
794 | B Class | 1917 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | Transferred to Matheran Hill Railway (2001‒); converted for oil-firing (May 2013);[14] side louvres added; first test run (2018)[15][16] | |
795 | B Class | Bronco | 1919 | DHR Tindharia works | [4] |
798 | B Class | Green Hills | 1925 or 1926 | North British | Works #23291; Rail Museum, Howrah[17] |
802 | B Class |
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804 | B Class |
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1925 | North British[12] | Works #23302[12] |
805 | B Class |
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1925 | North British[12] | Works #23300[12] |
806 | B Class | Queen of Hill | [4] | ||
807 | C Class | 1914 | North British | Works #2064; donated to Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai | |
808 | C Class | North British | plinthed at Maligaon | ||
1001 | B Class |
Himrathi | 2004 | Golden Rock Railway Workshop | without side louvres; converted to coal firing at Tindharia works (2012)[18] |
1002 | B Class oil-burner | Himanand | 2004 | Golden Rock Railway Workshop[19] | 5 kW electrical generator, oil fuel atomiser, 2,100 L water tank, 900 litre diesel tank; with side louvres; returned to manufacturer |
Passenger and freight
editBeginning in 2008, the Indian Railways headquarters (Rail Bhavan) mandated that all narrow gauge railways in Indian, should move to a future standardised coach design.[20]
Number | Type | Names | Built | Builder | Notes |
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11 | Carriage | Narsing[12] | |||
14 | Carriage (Saloon) | Everest | 1943 | curved end, 3 windows, 1 door, 2 windows; 1+1 seating | |
26 | Carriage | Falconhurst[12] | 1967/1968 | Gorakhpur | 1 window, 1 door, 4 windows (widely spaced); two rectangular end windows at one end[21] |
27 | Carriage I | Rangeet | 1967/1968 | Gorakhpur | "I Chair Car". 4 windows (square), door, 1 window (round); 1 window(square), door, 4 windows(square) "FCZ-27". Plinthed(under cover) at Railway Heritage Park, Tinsukia, Assam (2010‒). |
28 | Carriage I | Chomolungma | 1967/1968 | Gorakhpur
narrow window, 1 door, 4 windows (square corners); 4 windows, door, narrow window[22] | |
71 | Carriage II | 5 windows(vertical sliding), door, 4 windows(vertical sliding) | |||
71 A | Carriage I | Lhotse | 1968 | Mysore | 2 windows, central door, 2 windows; end window; curved bodyshell |
73 | Carriage (Replica) | 2004 | Boston Lodge | Beeches Light Railway, England; 4 windows, door, 5 windows[23] Purchased by Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust (21 June 2023). Relocated to Statfold Barn Railway (2023‒). | |
75 | Carriage I | Kanchanjanga | 1967/1968 | Gorakhpur | "Deluxe First Class Chair Car"; 4 windows, 1 door, 5 windows; Rail Museum, Howrah |
76 | Carriage | 5 windows, 1 door, 4 windows | |||
78 | Carriage I | 1967 | Gorakhpur | 4 tall windows(square), door, 5 tall windows(square); 5 tall windows(square), door, 4 wall windows(square) | |
79 | Carriage II | 2 windows, 3 windows, door, 1 window | |||
80 | Carriage | 5 windows, 1 door, 4 windows | |||
82 | Carriage | ||||
85 | Carriage II | 1968 | 9 windows(sliding vertically), door; preserved stock[24] | ||
86 A | Carriage I | Makalu | 2001 | Mysore | 2 windows, door, 2 windows; wide end windows(round); curved bodyshell |
88 | Carriage I | Preserved stock[24] | |||
93 | Carriage I | 1967 | Gorakhpur | 5 windows, door, 4 windows; Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum railway station;[25] rebuilt 1980s; Preserved stock[24] | |
100 | Carriage | Shivalik | 4 windows; door; narrow window | ||
102 | Carriage I | Serendip | narrow window(round), door, 4 windows(square); 4 windows(square), door, narrow window(round) | ||
103 | Carriage II | 1968 | Preserved stock (frame only)[24] | ||
104 | Carriage I | Tashidelek | 1989 | Jodhpur, JUDH[26] | narrow window(round), 4 windows(square), door; narrow window(round, toilet), 4 windows(round), door; at Ghum railway museum (2021) |
105 | Carriage I | Mark Twain | narrow window(round, vertical sliding), 4 windows(square, spaced out, horizontal sliding), door | ||
106 | Carriage II | Pandim | 1989/1990 | Jodhpur | half window (toilet), 4 windows, door; door, 3 windows, gap, door, narrow window; end windows or half window, door, gap, 3 windows, door |
107 | Carriage I | Simvo | 4 windows, door, 1 large window (toilet); 1 window, door, 4 windows | ||
108 A | Carriage I | Nuptse | 2001 | Mysore | 2 windows, central door, 2 windows; curved bodyshell; wide end windows |
109 | Carriage I | The Frontiers Man | undersize window, 4 windows, door, small gap; "FCZ-109" at bottom left. | ||
110 | Carriage II | narrow window(round), 4 windows(round), door; preserved stock (without body)[24] | |||
111 A | Carriage I | half window, 4 windows, small gap, door; "FCZ-111" at bottom left. | |||
112 | Carriage I | 1990 | half window (toilet), 4 windows, door; 2+1 seating; luggage in one corner | ||
113 | Carriage I | 1989/1990 | Jodhpur | half window (toilet), 4 windows, door | |
114 | Carriage I | Guicha | 1990 | Jodhpur | half window, 4 windows , door, slight gap; previously second class (S-114) |
115 | Carriage II | narrow window, 4 windows, narrow window, door | |||
116 | Carriage | Rongbuk | 1990; 2000 | Mysore | 2 narrow windows, door, 3 windows; 3 windows, door (I, Guard), half window, half window (toilet); small end window + wide end window; curved bodyshell; "FR-116A" |
117 | Carriage I | 1991 | Jodhpur | undersized window, 4 windows, door | |
118 | Carriage | Aravalli | 1991 | Jodhpur | ?, 4 windows, door |
119 | Carriage III | 1902 | DHR Tindharia | 2-axle carriage; cost Rs.1907; 16 passengers; length: 4.36 m; Tare: 1381 kg; Retired (1968); restoration (2003) funded by Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society (DHRS); National Rail Museum, New Delhi | |
119 | Carriage | Khang | 1989/1990 | Jodhpur | half window(round, opaque), 4 windows(round), door(round) |
120 A | Carriage I | Teesta | narrow window, 4 windows, door | ||
121 | Carriage I | Sandakphu | half window (round, toilet), 4 windows(round, horizontal sliding), door; 5 windows(round, horizontal sliding), door | ||
122 A | Carriage I | Sagarmatha | 2001 | Mysore | 2 windows, central door, 2 windows; wide end windows; curved bodyshell[27] |
124 RA | Carriage (Inspection) | Himalayan Princess | 1917 | RA-124; Previously open balcony; 1 door, 8 windows, 1 door; sofa + chairs; rebuilt at Siliguri Junction (2012) | |
126 | Carriage I | 2015 | half window, 5 windows, small gap, 1 door; inward facing 2+2 seats | ||
127 | Carriage | window, door, 4 windows; end windows (thin, large, thin) | |||
128 | Carriage I | 2015 | 1 window, gap, 5 windows, door; half window, 5 windows, gap, door | ||
143 | Carriage I | Dhaulagiri | narrow window (toilet), 4 windows, door | ||
145 | Luggage van | large gap, sliding door, gap, door, small window(square) | |||
146 | Carriage II (SLR) | Talung | 2000 | door(rectangular window), 3 windows(square), gap(welded shut), door, small window(rectangular); window, door, narrow window (toilet), 3 windows, door; three end windows(small, square); later first class | |
147 | Luggage van | 1967/1968 | Gorakhpur | Preserved as heritage stock | |
148 | Carriage II | Tsokha | "II Chair Car". window(small, rectangular), 4 windows(round), door. "SCZ 148". Plinthed(under cover) on turntable at Railway Heritage Park, Tinsukia, Assam (2010‒). | ||
149 | Carriage (Dining) | Tenzing Norgay | 2001 | narrow window, door, 4 windows; gap, window, door, 2 windows, gap, window; converted from baggage car in 2001 | |
151 | Carriage II (Guard) | Dzongri | 2 windows, door, 2 windows, door (Guard), narrow window | ||
152 | Luggage van | 1967/1968 | Gorakhpur | Preserved as heritage stock | |
153 | Carriage II / Luggage van | Phalut | narrow window, door, gap, sliding door, 2 windows, door; door, 2 windows, sliding door, gap, door, narrow window | ||
154 | Luggage van | gap, sliding door, gap, door, small window; end window | |||
154 | Carriage II | Gorkhey | narrow window, door, gap, 3 windows, door, small window; … door, two windows; likely converted | ||
154 | Carriage (Replica) | 2004 | Boston Lodge | Beeches Light Railway, England; 1 window, door, 6 windows, door, 1 window; end window[28] Purchased by Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust (21 June 2023). Relocated to Statfold Barn Railway (2023‒). | |
155 | Carriage II | Bakhim | 1967 | half window, door, 2 windows, gap, door, 2 windows | |
157 A | Carriage (Brake) | 1967 | narrow window(square, vertical sliding), door, gap, 3 windows(round, horizontal sliding), door; door, 3 windows(round, horizontal sliding), gap, door, window(square); three end windows(square); "FR-157" | ||
158 A | Carriage (Brake) | Khumbu | 2001 | Mysore | 3 windows, door, 2 narrow windows (toilet); wide end window, small end window; curved bodyshell |
160 | Carriage I | 2000 | Kalka | narrow window(round, toilet, opaque), door, 4 windows(square, horizontal sliding) | |
162 | Carriage I | Kalka | 4 windows, door, narrow window(toilet) | ||
163 | Carriage I | 200x | Kalka | 4 windows(square, horizontal sliding, large frames), door, narrow window(round, vertical sliding, toilet on one side); 2+1 seating | |
164 | Carriage | 2000/2003 | Kalka | ||
362 | Carriage II | Nilgiri | 4 windows, door, narrow window (curved, toilet); narrow window(round), door, 4 windows(square, spaced out) | ||
363 | Carriage II | Nunkun | 4 windows, door, narrow window (toilet) | ||
364 | Carriage II | Zanskar | half window, door, 4 windows | ||
372 | Steel van | 1943 | double doors; red oxide; Ghum Railway museum[29] | ||
551 | Steel van | 1940[24] | double doors; red oxide; 2238 kg | ||
553 | Steel van | 1940[24] | double doors; red oxide; Ghum Railway museum | ||
576 | Steel van | 1943[24] | double doors; red oxide; 2238 kg; derailed (2018)[30] | ||
583 | Steel van | 1943[24] | Preserved stock[24] | ||
586 | Steel van | 1943[24] | double doors; red oxide; Ghum Railway museum[31] | ||
589 | Steel van | 1943[24] | double doors; red oxide; 2485 kg; preserved stock | ||
601 | Steel van | Preserved stock[24] | |||
0601 A | Carriage II | undersized window, 5 windows, small gap, door | |||
0602 A | Carriage II | 2007 | undersized window, small gap, 5 windows, door; all-over advertising (2022‒) | ||
0603 A | Carriage II | narrow window, small gap, 5 windows, door | |||
604 | Carriage I | half window, 5 windows, small gap, door | |||
Carriage II | half window, small gap, 5 windows, door | ||||
605 | Parcel van | 2007‒2016 | Kurduvadi Workshop | rebuilt as Parcel van (windows welded up)[32] | |
668 | Flat wagon (BKU) | 1928 | Preserved stock[24] | ||
675 | Flat wagon (BKU) | 1943 | Preserved stock;[24] Ghum railway museum (2021) | ||
0801 | Carriage | ||||
0802 A | Carriage (Guard) | door, 2 windows, narrow window, gap, door (Guard), narrow window | |||
803 | Carriage I | 2007‒2016 | Kurduvadi Workshop | half window, 5 windows, door; micro window, 5 windows, small gap, door | |
0804 | Carriage | narrow window, door, gap, narrow window, gap, window, door, window | |||
805 | Carriage I | 2009 | Kurduvadi Workshop | ||
806 | Carriage I | Kurduvadi Workshop | narrow window, gap, 2 windows, tiny gap, 3 windows, door; micro window(round), 5 windows(square), door(round); in stub siding at Darjeeling | ||
0807 | Carriage I (AC) | 2007‒2016 | Kurduvadi Workshop | half window, 4 windows, door; toilet | |
0808 | Carriage II | door, 2 windows, narrow window, door, narrow window; previously with inter-carriage gangway (2016) | |||
0810 A | Carriage II | 2007‒2016 | Kurduvadi Workshop | narrow window, door, medium gap, narrow window, 2 windows (spaced out), door | |
0903 A | Carriage I | narrow window (toilet), gap, 5 windows, door; one window replaced with billboard | |||
904 | Carriage I | 2007‒2016 | Kurduvadi Workshop | narrow window, gap, 5 windows, door | |
0905 | Carriage I | 2011 | Kurduvadi Workshop | half window, 5 windows, small gap, door; all-over advertising (2022‒) | |
0906 A | Carriage I | 2012 | Kurduvadi Workshop | half window, 4 windows, door; end windows | |
0907 | Carriage I | 2009 | Kurduvadi Workshop | narrow window, 5 windows, gap, door; doors diagonally opposite;[33] upgraded to Vistadome roof | |
908 | Carriage I | narrow window(square, toilet), small gap, 5 windows(square, horizontal sliding), door(round); former end gangway removed | |||
919 | Flat wagon (BKU) | 1943 | Preserved stock[24] | ||
921 | Carriage I | 2015 | Vistadome (glass roof); 1 window, 5 windows, 1 door; end windows; all-over advertising (2022‒) | ||
922 | Carriage I | Vistadome (glass roof); 1 window, 5 windows, 1 door; end windows | |||
923 | Carriage I | 2015 | Kurduvadi Workshop | Vistadome (glass roof); 1 window, 5 windows, 1 door; 2+2 seating; window both ends; brake; doors diagonally opposite. | |
924 | Carriage | Kurduvadi Workshop | 5.5 windows, door; end windows; all-over advertising (2022‒) | ||
925 | Carriage (AC) | 2015 | Kurduvadi Workshop | half window (air con), 5 windows, door | |
927 | Carriage (AC) | 2015 | Kurduvadi Workshop | half window (air con), 5 windows, door; derail (2018)[34] | |
967 | BC | 1915 | Preserved stock[24] | ||
994 | BC | 1915 | Preserved stock[24] | ||
1906 | Carriage | 2009 | Kurduvadi Workshop | half window, gap, 5 windows, door | |
1907 | Carriage (AC) | Kurduvadi Workshop | narrow window(square, vent), 5 windows(sealed), door(round) | ||
1908 | Carriage (Dining) | Kurduvadi Workshop | Vistadome, dining + bar; narrow window, 3 windows, door, window; | ||
WT | Water tank | 1928 | Preserved stock;[24] Ghum railway museum, Ghum railway station | ||
Trolley | Gravity trolley with bench + parasol; towed up hill |
Further reading
edit- Vardhan, Harsh (April 2006). "Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Steam Locomotive List". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- Martin, Terry; Churchill, David. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (ed.). "DHR Coaches". Retrieved 24 June 2022.
References
edit- ^ "Darjeeling's 'Heritage Locomotive' all set to ply into glory yet again!". The Northeast Today. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited for redeveloping, manufacture and supply of spares for the narrow-gauge steam locomotives. … The DHR has 13 steam locomotives, of which six are still working.
- ^ Karmakar, Rahul (20 May 2017). "Indian Railways end 'cannibalism' to save Darjeeling toy train's heritage tag". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Ghum Railway Museum Baby Sivok". Indian Railways. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Fitzgerald, Nick (29 May 2015). "The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, May 2015". International Steam. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Nath, Vishnu (16 April 2022). "NDM-6 603". Retrieved 24 June 2022 – via Flickr.
NDM-6 number 603 Tridhara at Darjeeling.
- ^ a b c Banerjee, Bireswar (29 September 2023). "Three new diesel locos for Darjeeling Himalayan Railway". The Telegraph. Siliguri. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
approval for making at least three new diesel engines. … "The board has approved the proposal and soon, NFR will get the final nod. A sum of Rs 6 crore would be spent to make each loco. We expect the locos will be ready by next year [2024] and be introduced on the DHR tracks," said Priyanshu, the director of the DHR.
- ^ a b c Banerjee, Bireswar (28 November 2023). "Three new diesel locos for Darjeeling Himalayan Railway". The Telegraph. Siliguri. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
three new diesel engines … "The new engines will be manufactured at the NFR's workshops in New Bongaigaon and Tindharia. It will take at least six months to complete the manufacturing and by the middle of next year, we will be able to make the new engines operational," [‒DHR director Priyanshu]
- ^ "37 Years of National Rail Museum Celebrated". Press Releases (Press release). Indian Railways. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Naylor, Andrew (2014). "Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 2012: 1, Locomotives".
- ^ Rajaram, R. (2 December 2010). "Rehabilitated DHR steam loco ready for dispatch". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
refurbished DHR engine, christened Wanderer, is ready for dispatch and would be moved by road to Siliguri in West Bengal within a week … boilers, cylinders, engine, link and boiler motion components have been changed, its under-frame and wheels have been retained, … at a cost of Rs. 60 lakh. … last of the four DHR locos which was sent to the workshop for rehabilitation. Originally built in 1892 by Sharp Steward & Co, … weighs 15 tonnes … water capacity is 1,818 litres, while its coal carrying capacity is about 2 tonnes. … length of the loco is 5.8 m, with its height being 2.5 m and breadth 1.92 m.
- ^ Mookerjee, Sanjoy (27 August 2018). The Untold Story (PDF) (Report). Rail Heritage Park-Tinsukia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
24th October [2009] … North-Eastern Coalfields under Coal India Ltd. gifted us with a B-Class narrow gauge locomotive, while Darjeeling Himalayan Railway not only provided narrow gauge heritage coaches, but also assisted us with technical manpower. … steel bridge near Naharkatia … engineering inspectors pointed out four screw-pile bridge pillars protruding from the river with the inscription, "ABRH Co. Ld. 1898", … two of these pillars were carefully retrieved and installed at the centre island of the park, over which the narrow gauge 'B' Class Steam Loco is proudly displayed … B-781 The Tipong Colliery under North-eastern Coalfields Ltd. … well-appointed narrow-gauge loco workshop … abandoned B-Class locomotive, having serial number B-781, manufactured by Sharp, Stewart and Co., Manchester, of 1899 vintage … purchased by North Eastern Coalfields from the Indian Railways (DHR) … owners not only agreed to gift it back to us for display in the museum, but graciously restored it with the help of their experts. … turn-table … upon it, one of the Darjeeling Narrow Gauge coaches was mounted, while the other was housed inside a shed, designed like a typical DHR station. … photo-gallery about the UNESCO World Heritage Railway
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Dunn, Bill (April 2005). "Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, India" (PDF). Heritage & Tourist. Light Railways. No. 182. ISSN 0727-8101.
a visit between 29 November and 1 December 2004. … special charter train of three carriages (Falconhurst No.26, Narsing No.11 +one other) hauled by B-class 0-4-0ST locomotive No. 791 (North British 20640/1914). … B-class locomotives noted here were Nos. 783 (Sharp Stewart 4562/1900), 788 (NB 20144/1913 -chassis only) and 804 (NB 23302/1925) Queen of the Hills, while No. 792 (Baldwin 44912/1917) was in steam … No.791 was photographed being prepared for the 10 am departure of the special, while No.805 (NB 23300/1925) was cold in the shed
- ^ Mahanta, Santulan (10 October 2012). "B class #785 DHR locomotive plinthed outside Dehradun railway station".
A brick-red livery was adopted (as seen in the pic), and from 1958 (after NFR took over) blue has become the symbol of the B class DHR locomotives.
- ^ "105-year-old loco train runs for 2kms on Neral stretch". The Times of India. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Aklekar, Rajendra B. [@rajtoday] (6 January 2018). "Yes!!! Finally, the oil-fired Darjeeling (DHR) steam loco 794-B ran a few metres on trial run at Matheran near Mumbai" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 June 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Aklekar, Rajendra B (30 November 2017). "Darjeeling's century-old steam train to chug in Matheran next year". Mid-Day. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
"The loco has been lying for some time at Neral now, but with hopes of restoration of the line, this engine will also come back to life. … But, with the line opening only in March, it will now happen only next year, [2018] " a local official said.
- ^ Sweet, Robert. "IR1 (DHR2) 0-4-0ST No. 798(45)". Steam Locomotives.
Location: Eastern Railway Museum, Howrah
- ^ "The DHR Timeline". North East Frontier Railway. Indian Railways. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Loco 1001B eventually rebuilt at Tindharia Workshop (2012) and converted to conventional coal firing.
- ^ "Second oil-fired steam loco for Darjeeling Himalayan Railway". The Hindi. 2004. Retrieved 22 June 2022 – via International Steam.
- ^ Rao, Raghvendra (3 June 2008). "Narrow gauge 'heritage' trains to be updated soon". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Mandated by the Rail Bhavan, the Indian Railways' Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) at Manaknagar in Lucknow is now seeking professional help in developing better designed narrow gauge railway coaches … Indian Railways plans to centralise their manufacture at its narrow gauge workshop at Kurduwadi in Maharashtra, with a target of producing 100 coaches per year.
- ^ Charlesworth, David. "780 in action". Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Darjeeling Toy Train in Darjeeling". Batasia Loop. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Marks, Roger (21 July 2007). "Beeches Light Railway 73". Retrieved 25 June 2022 – via Flickr.
Beeches Light Railway coach 73. Based on an existing Darjeeling Himalayan Railway coach, it was built by the Festiniog Railway's Boston Lodge Works in 2004.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Wagons (PDF). Unified Maintenance Manual for NG Coaches (Report). March 2019. p. 162,231. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Ghum Railway Museum #93". Indian Railway. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Satya (16 October 2021). Journey to world's highest Station - Darjeeling - Ghum steam Joy ride train. Indian Railway Fan Club. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
No. 104 FCZ. Seating capacity: 16; Built: 1989; Built by: JUDH; Brake type: Foot Brake; Bearing type: Plain Bearing; Body Length: 7391 mm; Over buffers: 8026 mm; Width: 2032 mm; Height above rail level: 2740 mm; Height of floor above rail level: 570 mm; Tare: 5.50 Tare
- ^ Unified Maintenance Manual for NG Coaches (PDF) (Report). March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Marks, Roger (9 July 2011). "Beeches Light Railway 154". Retrieved 25 June 2022.
Based on an existing Darjeeling Himalayan Railway coach, it was built by the Festiniog Railway's Boston Lodge Works in 2004.
- ^ "Ghum Railway Museum #372". Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Froschermaier, martin (28 November 2018). Darjeeling Himalayan Railway DHR Tanago, Mai 2018 [Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Tanago, May 2018]. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Ghum Railway Museum #586 + arrow". Indian Railway. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Darjeeling Toy Train's full services resume". The Statesman. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
A parcel van has been included in the Toy Train after a gap of 30 years.
- ^ Nath, Vishnu (16 May 2022). "DJ". Retrieved 4 June 2022.
Darjeeling, an after dinner walk to admire the night and the trains.
- ^ "Toy train in Darjeeling derails, no casualties reported". Zee News. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2022.