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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) 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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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

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The Kalka Shimla Railway was

In July 2005, UNESCO declared the NMR a World Heritage Site after it satisfied the necessary criteria.


Operation

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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

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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 - .


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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
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

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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

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Specifications

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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
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