Power type Steam Total produced 34 UIC class B n2t | Build date 1889–1925 Configuration 0-4-0 ST | |
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Builder Sharp, Stewart & Co. (12)
North British Locomotive Co. (16)
Baldwin Locomotive Works (3)
DHR Tindharia Works (3) | ||
The DHR B Class is a famous class of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge 0-4-0 ST saddle tank steam locomotives used on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) in West Bengal, India.
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Service history
A total of 34 B Class locomotives have served on the DHR. Some are still on the working roster. One, no. 778, was sold for private preservation, and four others were sold to Coal India, Assam. The remaining class members have been either plinthed in various locations in northern India, or scrapped. Of the few in active service, the locomotives 788 'Tusker' and 'Victor' haul trains between Darjeeling to Ghum stations via Batasia loop, quite a few times a day.
Livery
Initially, all members of the class were liveried in DHR green. For a short period at the end of World War II, they were repainted black. Later, they ran in an unlined red colour. Since coming under the control of the Northeast Frontier Railway in 1958, they have been painted Caledonian blue with white lining.