Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - Steam Locomotive List

by Harsh Vardhan, 2006

With updates by Alan Lewendon, David Churchill, and others

This list includes all of the 'original' steam locos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, which is to say that the newer oil-fired locomotives built by Golden Rock in 2003-2004 are not included, nor are the diesel locos that also now run on the DHR.

Status Class Number Name Wheels Built Builders Location
Locomotives at Tindharia awaiting disposal
Preserved Condemned B 783 DHR 26 0-4-0ST 1899 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester Workshops Tindharia (Frames only)
Preserved Condemned? B 790 DHR 35 0-4-0ST 1914 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia ? (Recorded at Tindharia as condemned; actual location uncertain; seen at New Jalpaiguri in 2000.)
Preserved Condemned B 793 DHR 40 0-4-0ST 1917 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia Workshops Tindharia (Condemned boiler; to be plinthed with condemned boiler and replacement superstructure and cab. Frames used in recent years for moving boilers around.)
Locomotives Working
Working Passenger B 779 DHR 21 Himalayan Bird 0-4-0ST 1892 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 780 DHR 22 Green Hills 0-4-0ST 1892 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 782 DHR 25 Mountaineer 0-4-0ST 1899 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 786 DHR 30 0-4-0ST 1904 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 787 DHR 32 0-4-0ST 1913 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia. Converted to oil-burning.
Working Passenger B 788 DHR 33 0-4-0ST 1913 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 791 DHR 36 0-4-0ST 1914 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 792 DHR 39 0-4-0ST 1917 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia Workshops Tindharia. Said to have been sent to Golden Rock in 2006 for 'rehabilitation'.
Working Passenger B 794 DHR 41 0-4-0ST 1917 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia Transferred to Matheran Light Railway
Working Passenger B 795 DHR 42 0-4-0ST 1919 Workshops Tindharia Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 802 DHR 49 0-4-0ST 1927 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 804 DHR 51 0-4-0ST 1928 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 805 DHR 52 0-4-0ST 1928 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia
Working Passenger B 806 DHR 53 Queen of the Hills 0-4-0ST 1928 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops Tindharia
Working Private Railway B 778 DHR 19 0-4-0ST 1889 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester Beeches Light Railway, Oxfordshire*
Locomotives Preserved
Preserved Museum B 777 DHR 18 0-4-0ST 1889 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester National Rail Museum
Preserved Pedestal B 785 DHR 28 0-4-0ST 1903 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester Railway Station Dehradun
Preserved Pedestal B 797 DHR 44 0-4-0ST 1925 Workshops Tindharia Railway Station Charbagh
Preserved Pedestal B 799 DHR 46 0-4-0ST 1925 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Railway Board, New Delhi
Preserved Pedestal B 800 DHR 47 0-4-0ST 1925 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Reasearch Designs & Standards Organization, Lucknow
Preserved Pedestal B 801 DHR 48 0-4-0ST 1927 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Workshops New Bongaigaon
Preserved Pedestal C 808 DHR 38 4-6-2 tender 1914 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Head Quarters Office NFR, Guwahati
Preserved Private B 781 DHR 24 0-4-0ST 1899 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester North Eastern Coalfields Ltd., Tipong, Assam
Preserved Private B 784 DHR 27 0-4-0ST 1903 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester North Eastern Coalfields Ltd., Tipong, Assam
Preserved Private B 789 DHR 34 0-4-0ST 1914 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK North Eastern Coalfields Ltd., Tipong, Assam
Preserved Private B 796 DHR 43 0-4-0ST 1923 Workshops Tindharia North Eastern Coalfields Ltd., Tipong, Assam
Preserved B 798 DHR 45 0-4-0ST 1925 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Recorded at Tindharia as condemned; now at Regional Railway Museum, Howrah.
Preserved Private C 807 DHR 37 4-6-2 tender 1914 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
Plinthed B 803 DHR 50 0-4-0ST 1928 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK Transferred from Tindharia to Moradabad
Preserved; restored in 2000. ? Baby Sivok 0-4-0 T 1911 Orenstein & Koppel, A.G. Berlin Transferred from Tindharia to Ghum Museum***
Locomotives Gone
Scrapped ? Tiny 0-4-0 ST 1874 MW ?
Scrapped A (NG) DHR 09 0-4-0WT 1881 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester Survived until 1954. See note** below.
Scrapped A (NG) DHR 10 0-4-0WT 1881 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester Survived until 1944. See note** below.
Scrapped A (NG) DHR 11 0-4-0WT 1882 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped A (NG) DHR 12 0-4-0WT 1882 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped A (NG) DHR 13 0-4-0WT 1882 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped A (NG) DHR 14 0-4-0WT 1882 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped A (NG) DHR 15 0-4-0WT 1883 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped A (NG) DHR 16 0-4-0WT 1883 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped B DHR 17 0-4-0ST 1889 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped B DHR 20 0-4-0ST 1889 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped B DHR 23 0-4-0ST 1896 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped B DHR 29 0-4-0ST 1904 North British Loco Co, Glasgow, UK ?
Scrapped C DHR 01 0-4-0T 1880 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped C DHR 02 0-4-0T 1880 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped C DHR 03 0-4-0T 1880 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped C DHR 04 0-4-0T 1880 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped C DHR 05 0-4-0T 1880 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped C DHR 06 0-4-0T 1880 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped C DHR 07 0-4-0T 1880 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped C DHR 08 0-4-0T 1880 Sharp Stewart & Co, Atlas Works, Manchester ?
Scrapped D DHR 31 0-4-0 +0-4-0 Garratt 1910 Bayer Peacock & Co, Manchester ?

* DHR 19 B has travelled far. It was acquired for private use on a family estate in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA, in 1960, and then transferred to the Hesston Steam Museum, Indiana, USA, in 1982. It was damaged by fire in 1985, repaired, but then taken out of commission in 1987. In 2003 it was purchased by Adrian Shooter for the private 2' Beeches Light Railway in Oxfordshire, England, and underwent a complete restoration to working order at the Tyseley Locomotive Works in 2004.

** There is a class A chassis at Tindharia, but it is not clear which locomotive it belongs to. Only Nos. 9 and 11 survived beyond 1911. No. 9 survived until 1954, and No. 11 until 1944. The chassis has a front axle bearing marks of replacement in 1925, so it must be of either No. 9 or No. 11, probably the latter, from observations in 1979-1980 by David Churchill.

*** Baby Sivok was restored in 2000 but the extent of restoration is unclear. It is known that the loco can be placed in light steam (as was done as recently as Feb. 3, 2006) but it is unknown whether it can stand high pressure or actually run.

Also see the list of DHR locos as of January 1998 by David Churchill.