In service 1936 - 1955 Built at Preston Number built 3 | Manufacturer English Electric Scrapped 1955 Number scrapped 3 | |
Ceylon Government Railway Class S1 is a class of diesel multiple unit train-set built by English Electric for Ceylon Government Railway.
Description
These units arrived Ceylon, Now Sri Lanka in 1938. Three units were given the names Silver Foam (501), Silver Spray (502) and Silver Mist (503). Their inaugural run from Colombo Fort Station to Galle took place on the 25th of February 1938. These train-sets were used only on the Coastal Line (Sri Lanka). These train-sets served CGR for about 19 years and then all train-sets were scrapped in 1955.
In 1955, two diesel locomotives named Class M3 589 and 590 were built locally using the prime movers of scrapped S1 sets.
References
CGR class S1 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA