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| BR Class 35 | ||
|---|---|---|
| TOPS numbers | Not Carried | |
| Early numbers | D7000–D7100 | |
| Builder | Beyer Peacock (Hymec) Ltd | |
| Introduced | 1961 | |
| Wheel Arrangement | B-B | |
| Weight | 75 t 8 cwt | tonnes |
| Height | 12 ft 10in | |
| Width | 8 ft 10 in | |
| Length | 51 ft 8.5 in | |
| Wheel Dia. | 3 ft 9 in | |
| Total Wheel Base | 36 ft | |
| Minimum radius | N.A. | |
| Maximum speed | 90 mph | |
| Engine output | 1,700 hp at 1,500 rpm | |
| Max. Tractive Effort | 46,600 lbf | |
| Power at Rail | N.A. | |
| Brake type | Air locomotive brake Vacuum train brakes | |
| Brake force | 57 tons | |
| Route availability | N.A. | |
| Fuel Tank | 800 imperial gal | |
| Heating type | Steam | |
of Clement Attlee (1945-1951).
| From 1987 | Steam | Diesel |
|---|---|---|
| Round trip fuel costs | £51.00 | £3.05 |
| Locomotive crew | 2 | 1 |
| Round trips per day | 3 | 4 |
| Daily Maintenance (hours) | 1½ | ½ |
| ISR No. | Class | Builder | Builders No. | Date | Current Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | NDM1 | Jung | 12108 | 1956 | Not Known | From Kalka Shimla Railway |
| 501 | NDM1 | Jung | 12109 | 1956 | Not Known | Originally No.750 |
| 502 | NDM1 | Jung | 12110 | 1956 | Not Known | Originally No.751 |
| 503 | NDM1 | Jung | 12111 | 1956 | Dismantled | Originally No.752 |
| 504 | NDM1 | Jung | 12105 | 1956 | Not Known | From Kalka Shimla Railway |
| 505 | NDM1 | Jung | 12107 | 1956 | Not Known | From Kalka Shimla Railway |
| 505 | NDM1 | Jung | 12107 | 1956 | Not Known | From Kalka Shimla Railway |
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[edit]The Kalka Shimla Railway (KSR) connects the town of Kalka with the hill station of Shimla, in the Northern India. Both towns are in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The railway was completed in 1903 and remains an active line serving a useful role in public transport, as well as having a tourist interest.
History
[edit]The Kalka Shimla Railway was
In July 2005, UNESCO declared the NMR a World Heritage Site after it satisfied the necessary criteria.
Operation
[edit]The KSR track is 2ft 6inch gauge.
Below Coonoor the line uses the rack and pinion system to climb the steep gradient. On the rack section trains are operated by steam rack locomotives manufactured by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works of Winterthur in Switzerland, which are always marshalled at the downhill (Mettupalayam) end of the train.
The average gradient in this rack section is 1 in 24.5, with a maximum of 1 in 12.
Currently (2005)), there is only one train a day over the rack section, starting from Mettupalayam in the early morning and return there in the early evening.
Between Coonoor and Ooty, the train is operated by a YDM4 diesel locomotive using conventional rail adhesion principals. On this section the locomotive is always at the Coonoor end of the train as although the line is not steep enough to need a rack rail the ruling gradient out of Coonoor is still very steep at 1 in 25.
Between Coonoor and Ooty (in 2005) there are four trains, each way, a day.
The diesel locomotives can only operate on upper section, but the steam locomotives can be used either with or without the rack section as well when required.
The majority of repairs to the locomotives are carried out at Coonoor shed but many of the steam locomotives have been rebuilt at the Goldern Rock workshops. Carriages are repaired at Mettupalayam but like the locomotives are taken to one of the big railway workshops for major work.
The Route
[edit]The Shimla train covers a distance of 59 km (miles), climbs (4665ft), travels through 107 tunnels, and crosses over 800 bridges. The journey takes between and minutes depending on the particular train.
- Kalka - 0km, 2143ft above sea level - Junction with the Broad Gauge line from Ambala. Passengers cross the platform to the Shimla train. There is a large locomotive shed and workshops here.
- Taksal - 3.5km, 2645ft -
- Gumman - 6.4km, 3083ft -
- Koti - 10km, 3600ft - .
- Jabli - 13.2km, 3950ft - .
- Sonwara - 16.5km, 4378ft - .
- Kasauli Road - 18.9km, 4726ft - .
- Dharampore - 20.4km, 4818ft - .
- Kumarhatti - 24km, 5180ft - .
- Barog - 26.1km, 5020ft - .
- Solon - 28.6km, 4900ft - .
- Solon Brewery - 4847km, ft - .
- Salogra - 32.7km, 4850ft - .
- Kandayhat - 36.1km, 4698ft - .
- Kanoh - 40.3km, 5144ft - .
- Kathleeghat - 44.8km, 5578ft - .
- Shoghi - 48.3km, 6010ft - .
- Taradevi - 52.3km, 6050ft - .
- Jutogh - 55.5km, 6422ft - .
- Summerhill - 57.7km, 6072ft - .
- Shimla - 59km, 6808ft - .
(L100)
External links
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Category:Mountain railways Category:Narrow gauge railways Category:Rail transport in India
| Builders No. | Date | Original Railway | Original No. | Current Location | Current No. | Notes |
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| 12105 | 1956 | Kalka Shimla Railway | Matheran | 504 | ||
| 12106 | 1956 | Kalka Shimla Railway | Matheran | 505 | Dismantled | |
| 12107 | 1956 | Kalka Shimla Railway | Matheran | 506 | ||
| 12108 | 1956 | Kalka Shimla Railway | Matheran | 500 | ||
| 12109 | 1956 | Matheran | 750 | MHR | 501 | Rebuilt |
| 12110 | 1956 | Matheran | 751 | MHR | 502 | |
| 12111 | 1956 | Matheran | 752 | MHR | 503 | Dismantled |
GWR
[edit]The Great W R is within the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park. It was originally called the W and Um Railway.
Opened in 1970 as a short 'out and back' line later extended into a full loop. As well as providing a Steam Railway as a tourist attraction, the railway also served to give visitors a view of the Rh that had been brought from Um in 19.
The steam locomotives used on the line and the rolling stock all came from the Bowater paper mill railway in Kent, now the Sittingboure . Diesel locomotives have been obtained from WHR, WLLR (both originally from Ground Nuts).
- 0-4-2ST KS
- 0-6-2T KS
- 0-6-2T MW
- 0-6-2T
- 0-6-0DM
- 0-6-0DM
- 0-6-0DM
All carriages were built from Pulp wagons fitted with seats and light roofs
References
[edit]Specifications
[edit]| LNER A1/A3 Class | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall Length | 70 ft,5 in | 21.46 m |
| Driving Wheels | 80 in | 2030 mm |
| Total Weight | 332,000 lb | 61 t ? |
| Fuel (Coal) | 1,800 lb | 8 t ? |
| Water | 5,000 gal | |
| Adhesive Weight | 34,500 lb | 61t ? |
| Cylinders - 3No. | 3x20x26 in | 510 mm x 660 mm |
| Tractive Effort | 29,385 lb | 13,333 kg ? |
| Axle Load | 45,000 lb | 20.5t |
| Heating Surface | 2,930 ft2 | |
| Steam Pressure | 180 psi | |
| Superheater | 525 ft2 | |
| Grate Area | 41.25 ft2 | |
| Metropolitan Railway H Class | ||
|---|---|---|
| Driving Wheels | 69 in | |
| Total Weight | 78t 5cwt | |
| Cylinders - 2No. | 19x26 in | |
| Tractive Effort | 19,656 lb | |
| Steam Pressure | 170 psi | |
| Metropolitan Railway A Class & B Class Locomotives | |||||
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| MetR No. | Name | BP Works No. | Year Built | Withdrawn | Notes |
| 3 | Juno | ||||
| 7 | 1864 | 1924 | Sold to Mersey Railway | ||
| 22 | - | 1866 | Sold to District Railway | ||
| 23 | - | 710 | 1866 | LT45 - Preserved | |
| 27 | - | 1933 | Scrapped | ||
| 34 | - | 1878 | 1879 | Pre 1915 | Sold to Industry |
| 44 | - | Sold to Industry | |||