DHR A Class

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-4-0WT
• UIC	B n2t
Gauge	2 ft (610 mm)
Driver dia.	26 in (0.660 m)
Loco weight	12 long tons (12 t)
Superheater	None
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	10 in × 14 in (254 mm × 356 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Sharp, Stewart & Co. (4); Hunslet (4);
Total produced	8

DHR A Class
DHR A Class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Sharp, Stewart & Co. (4); Hunslet (4);
Total produced	8
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-4-0WT
• UIC	B n2t
Gauge	2 ft (610 mm)
Driver dia.	26 in (0.660 m)
Loco weight	12 long tons (12 t)
Superheater	None
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	10 in × 14 in (254 mm × 356 mm)
Operators
Career
Operators	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway; → Indian Railways;
Class	DHR A Class
Number in class	8
Numbers	9–16
Locale	West Bengal, India
First run	1881
Withdrawn	1954
Disposition	All scrapped, frames of one of these kept at Tindharia

The DHR A Class was a class of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge 0-4-0 WT well tank steam locomotives used on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) in West Bengal, India.^[1] It was the DHR's first standard design of locomotive.^[2]

Service history[edit]

A total of eight A Class locomotives served on the DHR. The first two, nos. 9 and 10, were built by Sharp, Stewart & Co. in 1881. The next four, nos. 11 to 14, were built the following year by Hunslet, although Sharp Stewart supplied the wheel centre forgings, chimney bases, all iron and brass castings and finished injectors. The final two members of the class, nos. 15 and 16, were built by Sharp, Stewart in 1883.^[3]

With the exception of numbers 9 and 10, all had been withdrawn from service by 1911.^[4] Number 10 was withdrawn in 1944^[4] while in 1948 no 9 passed into the ownership of the Indian government, along with 34 B Class engines.^[5] It was withdrawn in 1954.^[2]^[6]

Livery[edit]

All members of the class were painted DHR green throughout their time in service.^[2]

Preservation[edit]

Only the frames of one A class were saved following withdrawal, these are kept at Tindharia.^[4]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Hughes 1994, pp. 34–37.
^ ^a ^b ^c Reed 1972.
^ Hughes 1994, p. 34.
^ ^a ^b ^c Vardhan, Harsh. "IRFCA". irfca.org. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ Subba, Nayan (20 May 2011). "The last days of the 'Fairy Queen'". Darjeeling Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
^ Hughes 1994, p. 36.

Bibliography[edit]

Hughes, Hugh (1994). Indian Locomotives: Part 3 – Narrow Gauge 1863–1940. Harrow, Middlesex: The Continental Railway Circle. ISBN 0-9521655-0-3. OCLC 39496543.
Reed, Brian (1972). Darjeeling Tanks. Loco Profile 23. Windsor, UK: Profile Publications. OCLC 498607897.

External links[edit]

Media related to DHR A Class at Wikimedia Commons

[FOOTNOTEHughes199434–37-1] Hughes 1994, pp. 34–37.

[FOOTNOTEReed1972-2] Reed 1972.

[FOOTNOTEHughes199434-3] Hughes 1994, p. 34.

[irfca-4] Vardhan, Harsh. "IRFCA". irfca.org. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

[dt_2011-05-20-5] Subba, Nayan (20 May 2011). "The last days of the 'Fairy Queen'". Darjeeling Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[FOOTNOTEHughes199436-6] Hughes 1994, p. 36.

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