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Introduction |
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The purpose of these pages are to record the
locomotives that have been used in industrial use in south Asian countries since their first use in the early 1850s.
For the sake of these pages, south Asia is defined as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Bhutan and Burma.
Each country is divided up into its constituent states/provinces/zones/divisions (hereafter for the sake of this
explanation, described as states). These are then further divided up into the next administrative entity down -
in the case of India this is the district (for the sake of this explanation to be known as districts). In addition
there are some locomotives where it not possible to ascertain which district or even which state of a country it
was delivered to. These locomotives are shown in section entitled Unknown - many states have this section and some
of the countries have this section at the end of the country listing.
Each state listing is divided up into up to four sections - Industrial sites, Light Railways, Preserved sites and
Pleasure railways. Each district has an alphabetical listing of sites within the district. Where a company has
more than one site in a district, they are listed alphabetically under that companies name. There is an additional
section in the India section entitled Military Railways. This deals with not only railways used for military purpose
in India up to 1947 but also the railways used for British overseas campaigns up until the end of the first world
war.
The separate entries are uniform throughout the listing. Each site is shown by name, this includes a reference
number - this is to enable one to cross reference the sites with the locomotives in the locomotive data listings.
Any information about a site is shown next. The gauge of the railway (where known) is shown next. If a site has
railways of more than one gauge then they are listed commencing with the narrowest gauge. MG refers to one metre
gauge, SG refers to UK standard gauge of 4' 8½" and BG denotes Indian broad gauge of 5'6". All
other gauges are either shown in feet and inches or in millimetres.
The locomotives are then listed using the following notation:
| column 1 |
Running number and/or name of the loco |
| column 2 |
The type of locomotive. The Whyte system of
wheel classification is used in the main but when driving wheels are connected by not by outside rods but by chains
or other means (as in Sentinal steam locos or diesel locos) they are shown as 4w (four-wheeled) or 6w (six-wheeled)
or if only one axle is motorised it is shown as 2w-2. For all other locos, Continental notation is used (Bo-Bo
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The following abbreviations are used for power source:
| Steam locomotives |
| CT |
Crane tank, a T type of loco fitted with load
lifting apparatus |
| F |
Fireless steam locomotive |
| PT |
Pannier tank, side tanks not fastened to the
frames |
| ST |
Saddle tank |
| T |
Side tank or similar, a tank positioned externally
and fastened to the frames |
| TG |
Geared tank |
| TR |
T type loco with rack adhesion gear fitted |
| T/t |
Side tank with a tender |
| VBGT |
Vertical boilered geared tank |
| WT |
Well tank, a tank located between the frames
under the boiler |
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| Diesel and Electric locomotives |
| BE |
Battery electric powered |
| D |
Diesel locomotive, unspecified transmission |
| DE |
Diesel locomotive, electric transmission |
| DH |
Diesel locomotive, hydraulic transmission |
| DM |
Diesel locomotive, mechanical transmission |
| DMF |
Diesel locomotive, mechanical transmission fitted
with flameproofing for working underground in mines or in other sites with a fire risk e.g. petrol refineries. |
| P |
Petrol or paraffin locomotive, unspecified transmission |
| PE |
Petrol or paraffin locomotive, electric transmission |
| PM |
Petrol or paraffin locomotive, mechanical transmission |
| PMR |
Petrol railcar, mechanical transmission |
| WE |
Wire electric powered locomotive |
| WER |
Wire electric railcar |
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| column 3 |
Builder. A list of the abbreviations used can
be found in the abbreviations page |
| column 4 |
The builders number of the loco (also known
as the works number). |
| column 5 |
The year of construction. |
| column 6 |
A number referring to additional information
listed below the entry. |
| column 7 |
Builders designation or type |
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A separate set of document lists each locomotive by builder. This gives basic dimensional details such as driving
wheel and cylinder sizes in the case of steam locomotives and horsepower, engine types and weights in the case
of diesel and electric locomotives.
A list of abbreviations used throughout the listing can be found here. |
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