Industrial Locomotives of South Asia (ILSA)

Compiled by Simon Darvill

First edition 2000; Revised August 2004.

Locos to Agents

LOCOMOTIVES SENT TO AGENTS

L Alexander & Co, shipped to Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

2			0-4-0ST	     		KS	     	1105	  	1909


C K Andrew, London for India
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0D			Maff		4490		1929


Bassler Waechter, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-6-0T			OK		9966		1922
			0-6-0T			OK		9967		1922
			0-6-0T			OK		9968		1922
			0-4-0T			OK		10572		1923
			0-4-0T			OK		10573		1923
			0-6-0T			OK		10574		1923
			0-6-0T			OK		10575		1923
			0-6-0T			OK		10576		1923
			0-4-0T			OK		10581		1923
			0-4-0T			OK		10583		1923
			0-4-0T			OK		10584		1923
			0-4-0T			OK		10585		1923
			0-4-0T			OK		10586		1923
			0-6-0T			OK		11105		1925
			0-4-0T			OK		11111		1925
			0-6-0T			OK		11149		1925
			0-4-0T			OK		11153		1925
			0-4-0T			OK		11154		1925
			0-4-0T			OK		11197		1926


Begg Roberts for India
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0WT			AB		1757		1923

Begg Sutherland
Gauge: 600mm

			4-6-0T			BLW		44791		1917	(a)
			4-6-0T			BLW		45144		1917	(b)

(a) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 886. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Begg Sutherland date unknown
(b) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 1012 later ren 562. To Indian Military Reserve 1919, later to NWR no 41. Sold to Begg 
    Sutherland by 1930.


Bell Brothers for Killick & Nixon Co, Bombay
Gauge: BG

			0-4-0ST	     		KS	     	4175	  	1922


Berg & Co, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		9175		1922


Beruck & Comens, Calcutta

30 Strand Road, Calcutta - Light Railway Materials

Locomotives (20, 30, 40, 50 or 55 hp - 24" or 2'6" gauge) ex stock - Tipping wagons - Light Rails - platform trucks, 
sugar cane cars.

Estimates for complete industrial tramway installation submitted on application. i

Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		20390		1924
			0-4-0T			OK		20391		1924
			0-6-0T			OK		20392		1924
			0-6-0T			OK		20393		1924
			0-4-0T			OK		20393		1924
			0-4-0T			OK		20663		1926
			0-6-0T			OK		20664		1926
			0-4-0T			OK		20665		1926

Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0T			OK		20755		1926
			0-4-0T			OK		20756		1926
			0-4-0T			OK		20757		1926
			0-4-0T			OK		20989		1928
			0-4-0T			OK		21682		1928


J Birch, 153 Moorgate, London, EC2 for Bombay
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wPM		     	FH	     	3058	  	1945
               		4wPM		     	FH	     	3059	  	1945


John Birch, Bombay
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			FH		1950

Gauge: 2'6"

			0-6-0DM			FH		1989		1936


Bird & Co, Calcutta
Gauge: MG

			4wPM			MR		2008		1920

This locomotive may have been delivered to a jute mill in the Calcutta area


Blair Campbell & MacLean
Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0ST			WB		2144		1920


W H Brady
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wPM			FH		1780		1932
			4wDM			FH		2340		1940
			4wDM			FH		2341		1940


William Buchanan, Bombay
Gauge: 2'0"

			2w-2PMR			Wkm		6662		1953
			2w-2PMR			Wkm		6663		1953


Bull Brothers, Bombay
Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-2ST			KS		4061		1922

Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-2ST	     		KS	   	4051	  	1922 	(a)
               		0-4-2ST   		KS	   	4061	  	1922	
			0-6-0T         		KS	   	4182     	1922 	(b)
WREN           		0-4-0ST         	KS	   	4271     	1922 	(b)

(a) spares sent to J M Wetherspoon & Co for Nadir Salt Works
(b) for stock


Bullen, Calcutta
Gauge: BG

			0-4-0F			OK		11749		1928


Martin Burn

Burn & Co built from 1867 a pottery works at Raniganj, a lime works at Andal and a brick works at Durgapur.ii

We learn with interest that Ms Burn & Co have recently placed on the market a new motor trolley of their own design & 
manufacture which is the result of several years study of the best type of trolley for the requirements of the Indian 
market...........The Burns trolley is fitted with a 4 hp air cooled engine...it is capable of carrying 6 passengers and 
reaching 30 mph. iii

Ms Burn & Co Ltd, Calcutta - This local firm of engineers have, it is believed, supplied the GIPR with the following light 
railway equipment for the Itsari water supply project --14 miles of single rails, 14lb Caillets system type C (322 rails, 
16' 6" long per mile) supported on six large size sole plates and fish plates; 20 mineral bogie trucks with movable flapsides, 
10 side tipping cars for ballast; and 10 box vans with movable flap sides for conveyance of bulky goods. iv

Gauge: 60cm

			4wDM			RH		287678		1950

Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		291055		1950
			4wDMF			RH		297049		1950
			4wDM			RH		297073		1951
			4wDM			RH		297074		1951
			4wDM			RH		304450		1950
			4wDM			RH		304451		1950
			4wDM			RH		323553		1951
			4wDM			RH		323554		1952
			4wDM			RH		323566		1951
			4wDM			RH		323567		1951
			4wDM			RH		323574		1951
			4wDM			RH		339212		1952
			4wDM			RH		339213		1952
			0-4-0T			Jung		11689		1952	(a)
			4wDM			RH		354026		1953
			4wDM			RH		354343		1954
			4wDM			RH		373330		1954
			4wDM			RH		373370		1954
			4wDM			RH		373371		1954
			4wDM			RH		386616		1955
			4wDM			RH		387876		1955
			4wDM			RH		387880		1955
			4wDM			RH		392124		1955
			4wDM			RH		393311		1955
			4wDM			RH		393312		1955
			4wDM			RH		393316		1955
			4wDM			RH		393318		1955
			4wDM			RH		393428		1955
			4wDM			RH		393430		1955
			4wDM			RH		394019		1956
			4wDM			RH		398084		1956
			4wDM			RH		398086		1956
			4wDM			RH		402824		1956
			4wDM			RH		408285		1957
			4wDM			RH		408286		1957
			4wDM			RH		408287		1957
			4wDM			RH		416215		1957
			4wDM			RH		416216		1957
			4wDM			RH		416217		1957
			4wDM			RH		416220		1957
			4wDM			RH		416221		1957
			4wDM			RH		418773		1957
			4wDM			RH		418774		1957
			4wDM			RH		418775		1957
			4wDMF			RH		418800		1957
			4wDM			RH		427806		1958
			4wDM			RH		427807		1958
			4wDM			RH		427808		1958
			4wDM			RH		427809		1958
			4wDM			RH		427810		1958
			4wDM			RH		427811		1958
			4wDM			RH		427812		1958
			4wDM			RH		427813		1958
			4wDM			RH		433502		1959
			4wDM			RH		447815		1963
			4wDM			RH		462364		1960
			4wDM			RH		462366		1960

(a) supplied to Martin Burn, Calcutta

Gauge: 2'6"

			4wDM			RH		296053		1950

Gauge: MG

			4wDM			RH		323573		1951
			4wDM			RH		379083		1954
			4wDM			RH		408291		1957

Gauge: BG

			2-6-0T			NW		995		1913	(a)
			2-6-0T			NW		996		1913	(a)
			2-6-0T			NW		997		1913	(a)
			2-6-0T			NW		998		1913	(a)
			2-6-0T			NW		999		1913	(a)
			2-6-0T			NW		1000		1913	(a)
			4wDM			RH		386876		1955

(a) ex BPT, Nos 1 - 6, acquired by Burn & Co, Calcutta between 1926 & 28


Crown Agents, Colombo
Gauge: 

			4wDM			RH		247288		1947


Decauville

In the IE of 29/1/1910, a note that "....Decauville have already received orders for 100 coal mining wagons and several miles
of their well known Decauville track and light locomotives. They opened their office at 8-10 Canning Street, Calcutta in 
September 1910.  By October they had orders for "....1,000 steel rails with fittings for a mine in Central India, 200 pairs 
of wheels and axles for a mine in Jheria, two 8-ton wagons for a 2'0" gauge light railway, a 20 hp locomotive, rails and wagons
for a local firm, a boiler and steam fittings for a 30 hp locomotive of which the frames were purchased some time ago. They 
are supplying a complete light railway installation for the forest section of the Allahabad exhibition.

By early December 1910, additional orders had been received for "....3 miles of monorail track for a tea garden and one 30 hp
locomotive and 30 tipping wagons for Bombay. By the report in the Christmas Eve 1910 edition of IE, the order book had swollen
to "....one 30 hp locomotive, seventy double sided tipping wagons, 20lb track with points for the PWD Punjab. Eighteen wagons
for Benares Water Works, six miles of 14lb track for a tea gardens and a locomotive tender, several miles of 24lb track and 
50 special tipping wagons for a mine.

During December 1910, they disposed of "....290 tipping wagons of which 234 were despatched from their Calcutta and Bombay 
stocks. This includes 28 conservancy wagons for Howrah Municipality. In addition one 30 hp and three 20 hp light locomotives 
and one loco tender, over 50 sets of points and crossings, 75 box wagons for stone transport, over 10 miles of railway line 
and steel sleepers, wheels, axles, turntable and fittings".

IE for 11/2/1911 report the news that Decauville had been awarded a Gold medal for the Light Railway exhibit at the recent 
Allahabad exhibition. During February 1911, over 100 orders were received including one 20 hp and two 30 hp light locos, a 
number of tipping wagons, several open goods wagons all of 2'6" gauge, nearly 20 miles of Decauville track, over 300 pairs of
wheels and axles, a hand crane, etc. v


Bengal
Gauge: 600mm

			0-4-0T			Borsig		7066		1909 
			0-4-0T			Borsig		7466		1910
               		0-4-0T			Borsig		7544		1910
               		0-4-0T			Borsig		7545		1910
               		0-4-0T			Borsig		7749		1911
               		0-4-0T			Borsig		7761		1911

Gauge: 900mm

			0-4-0T			Borsig		7421		1911
Bombay
Gauge: 762mm

			0-4-0T			Borsig		7902		1911 



Ferrostaal for India
Gauge: 500 mm

			0-4-0T			Hens		19691		1923

Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0T			Hens		19684		1923
			0-4-0T			Hens		19685		1923


Finlay Fleming, Rangoon
Gauge: 2'6"

			0-6-0WT			JF		18619		1929


Finlay Muir, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

COLLIER			0-4-0T			WB		1455		1895


John Fowler & Co, Bombay Office, customer unknown
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wP		     	JF	     	18888	  	1930
               		4wP		     	JF	     	19232	     	1930


Foundation Co
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			HC		1612		1928
			0-4-0T			HC		1613		1928
			0-4-0T			HC		1614		1928
			0-4-0T			HC		1615		1928	(1)
			0-4-0T			HC		1616		1928
			0-4-0T			HC		1617		1928
			0-4-0WT			HC		1618		1928
			0-4-0WT			HC		1619		1928
			0-4-0WT			HC		1620		1928
			0-4-0WT			HC		1621		1928

(1) Later to Raneegunj Cane & Sugar, Plassey, Bengal. Date unknown


Gillanders Arbuthnot, Calcutta

Sole agents for White Brothers Portland Cement - The oldest brand in India vi

Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		5130		1911


James Greaves
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		346019		1953	(a)
			4wDM			RH		370561		1955
			4wDM			RH		370565		1954
			4wDM			RH		386857		1955
			4wDM			RH		386859		1955
			4wDM			RH		386866		1955
			4wDM			RH		386867		1955
			4wDM			RH		386868		1955
			4wDM			RH		386870		1955
			4wDM			RH		386875		1955
			4wDM			RH		386877		1955
			4wDM			RH		386881		1955
			4wDM			RH		386882		1955
			4wDM			RH		386883		1955
			4wDM			RH		386884		1955
			4wDM			RH		386885		1955
			4wDM			RH		387877		1955
			4wDM			RH		387881		1955
			4wDM			RH		387882		1955
			4wDM			RH		387883		1955
			4wDM			RH		394020		1955
			4wDM			RH		422577		1960
			4wDM			RH		462051		1960

(a) to Bombay


Gauge: MG

			4wDM			RH		382822		1955
			4wDM			RH		392141		1955


Greaves Cotton & Co
Gauge: 

			4wDM			RH		259182		1948
			4wDM			RH		264224		1951
			4wDM			RH		383262		1954
			4wDM			RH		402813		1957



Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		183743		1937
			4wDN			RH		187047		1937	(a)
			4wDM			RH		191686		1938
			4wDM			RH		198250		1939	(a)
			4wDM			RH		198252		1939	(a)
			4wDM			RH		213822		
			4wDM			RH		252227		1947
			4wDM			RH		252228		1947
			4wDM			RH		252229		1947
			4wDM			RH		264210		1949
			4wDM			RH		264211		1949
			4wDM			RH		279572		1949
			4wDM			RH		279573		1949
			4wDM			RH		283334		1950
			4wDM			RH		283335		1950
			4wDM			RH		283336		1950
			4wDM			RH		283337		1950
			4wDM			RH		283357		1950
			4wDM			RH		283359		1950
			4wDM			RH		283360		1950
			4wDM			RH		283515		1949
			4wDM			RH		283516		1949
			4wDM			RH		283517		1949
			4wDM			RH		283518		1949
			4wDM			RH		283519		1949
			4wDM			RH		283520		1949
			4wDM			RH		283529		1950
			4wDM			RH		287666		1950
			4wDM			RH		287667		1950
			4wDM			RH		297047		1950
			4wDM			RH		297048		1950
			4wDM			RH		297069		1950
			4wDM			RH		297070		1950
			4wDM			RH		297071		1950
			4wDM			RH		297072		1950
			4wDM			RH		297075		1950
			4wDM			RH		310021		1950
			4wDM			RH		310022		1950
			4wDM			RH		310023		1950
			4wDM			RH		310024		1951
			4wDM			RH		310025		1951
			4wDM			RH		310026		1951
			4wDM			RH		310027		1951
			4wDM			RH		310028		1951
			4wDM			RH		310029		1951
			4wDM			RH		310030		1951
			4wDM			RH		323545		1951
			4wDM			RH		323546		1951
			4wDM			RH		326042		1952
			4wDM			RH		327906		1951
			4wDM			RH		327946		1952
			4wDM			RH		327949		1952
			4wDM			RH		327950		1952
			4wDM			RH		327952		1952
			4wDM			RH		327953		1952
			4wDM			RH		327955		1952
			4wDM			RH		327957		1952
			4wDM			RH		327958		1952
			4wDM			RH		327960		1952
			4wDM			RH		327961		1952
			4wDM			RH		339082		1952
			4wDM			RH		339183		1952
			4wDM			RH		339184		1952
			4wDM			RH		339215		1952	(b)
			4wDM			RH		339218		1952	(b)
			4wDM			RH		339221		1952	(b)
			4wDM			RH		339224		1952	(b)
			4wDM			RH		339226		1952	(b)
			4wDM			RH		339228		1952	(b)
			4wDM			RH		339232		1952	(b)
			4wDM			RH		339234		1952	(b)
			4wDM			RH		349051		1953	(b)
			4wDM			RH		349054		1953	(b)
			4wDM			RH		373361		1953	(b)
			4wDM			RH		379062		1954
			4wDM			RH		379074		1954

(a) to Bombay
(b) also shown as being delivered to Martin Burn


Gauge: 2'6"

			4wDM			RH		266555		1949
			4wDM			RH		283872		1949
			4wDM			RH		320574		1951
			4wDM			RH		435385		1959

Gauge: MG

			4wDM			RH		379080		1954


Greaves Cotton & Co, Pakistan
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		452282		1960
			4wDM			RH		452283		1960
			4wDM			RH		452284		1960
			4wDM			RH		452285		1960
			4wDM			RH		452286		1960
			4wDM			RH		452287		1960

Gauge: BG

			4wDM			RH		265614		1948	(a)

(a) This loco was seen at  Modi Sugar. vii


Haines & Sons for India
Gauge:2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		12893		1936


Heatly and Gresham, Calutta and Bombay

Sole agents for VF and DC in India (6 Waterloo Street, Calcutta & 75 Hornby Road, Bombay) viii

Gauge: 2'6"

			2w-2PMR			Wkm		2647		1939


Henderson & Co, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0F			OK		2859		1908


Harrison (London) Ltd, Pakistan
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		283526		1950
			4wDM			RH		283528		1950


Robert Hudson
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0ST			TG		484		1908	(a)
			0-4-0WT			HC		1054		1914	(b)
			0-4-0WT			HC		1055		1914	(c)
No 1			0-4-0T			AB		1320		1914
			0-4-0WT			HC		1125		1915	(b)
			0-6-0WT			HC		1390		1915	(d)
			4-6-0T			BLW		44641		1916	(e)
			4-6-0T			BLW		44750		1917	(f)
			4-6-0T			BLW		44894		1917	(g)
			4-6-0T			BLW		44948		1917	(h)
			4-6-0T			BLW		44974		1917	(i)
			4-6-0T			BLW		44998		1917	(j)
			4-6-0T			BLW		45190		1917	(k)
			0-6-0WT			HC		1388		1920
			4wDM			HE		4174		1949	(l)
			4wDM			HE		4188		1949
			4wDM			HE		4189		1949	
			4wDM			HE		4286		1951	(m)
			4wDM			HE		4287		1951	(m)
			4wDM			HE		4355		1953
			4wDM			HE		4356		1954
			4wDM			HE		4559		1954
			4wDM			HE		4561		1954
			4wDM			HE		4840		1954

(a) for Rangoon
(b) for Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
(c) for Darjeeling
(d) for Calcutta
(e) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 763. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Hudson's date unknown
(f) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 845. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Hudson's date unknown
(g) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 893. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Hudson's date unknown
(h) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 911. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Hudson's date unknown
(i) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 937. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Hudson's date unknown
(j) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 961. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To Hudson's date unknown
(k) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 1058 later ren 608. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To NWR, no 45. To Hudson's c.1930
(l) for Duncan MacNeil
(m) to New Delhi

Gauge: 2'6"

			4-6-0T			HE		1267		1917	(a)
			4-6-0T			HE		1314		1919	(b)
			4-6-0T			HE		1315		1919	(c)
			4-6-0T			HE		1348		1919	(d)
			4-6-0T			HE		1349		1919	(e)
			4-6-0T			HE		1358		1919	(f)
			4-6-0T			HE		1363		1919	(g)
			4-6-0T			HE		1371		1919	(h)
			4-6-0T			HE		1372		1919	(i)
			4-6-0T			HE		1375		1919	(j)
			6wTG			KS		4462		1930

(a) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 356.  
(b) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 2343. Sold by tender 1919.
(c) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 2344. Sold by tender 1919.
(d) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 3233. 
(e) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 3234.  
(f) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 3243.  
(g) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 3248.  
(h) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 3256. Sent to Bombay
(i) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 3257.  
(j) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 3259.  

(a) was Used in France. After the war it was stored at Purfleet Wharf.

(b) and (c) were delivered for use in Italy and the Middle East but the end of the war meant 
that the locomotive was stored at Purfleet Wharf.

(d) to (j) were all delivered after end of WW1 and stored at Purfleet Wharf. All were advertised fo sale in the 15th August 
1919 edition of Surplus magazine.

Date of locos to India is unknown.


Gauge: MG

No 1			0-4-0ST			HC		1441		1921

Gauge: BG

			2w-2PMR			Wkm		7118		1955	(a)


Indian Government
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		5675		1912

Gauge: BG

			2-4-0WT			EBW		569		1856	(a)

(a) ex BBCIR A class, No 2. Acquired 1862


India Office
Gauge: 600mm

			4-6-0T			BLW		44381		1916	(a)
			4-6-0T			BLW		45007		1917	(b)
			4-6-0T			BLW		45200		1917	(c)

(c) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 516. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To India Office date unknown
(d) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 970. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To India Office date unknown
(e) Supplied to WDLR, WD no 1068, later ren 618. To Indian Army Military Reserve 1919. To India Office date unknown

Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0DM			AE		1700		1915 	(a)

(a) 25 hp MLD oil motor locomotive


William Jacks

ADVERT - William Jacks,& Co, 5 Murzban Road, Bombay, 1 Lall Bazaar, Calcutta and 233 Bunder Road, Karachi ix

Burma
Gauge: MG

RDT1			0-6-0T			RSH		7476		1948


Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		235632		1945
			4wDM			RH		235634		1945
			4wDM			RH		221599		1947
			4wDM			RH		256195		1948


Gauge: MG

			6wD			Brookv		2420		1939
			4wD			Brookv		2554		1940
			0-4-0DM			Brookv		2536		1940


Karachi (PAKISTAN)
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wVBGT			S		5157		1923	(1)
			4wVBGT			S		5164		1924	(1)
			4wVBGT			S		5198		1924	(1)
			4wVBGT			S		6464		1926	(1)
			4wVBGT			S		6526		1926	(1)

(1) To Pathankot Barji & Stone Supplying Co, 1932.

Gauge: 2'6"

			4wVBGT			S		7728		1929

Gauge: MG

						S		5155		1923
						S		5158		1923
			4wVBGT			S		6713		1926
			

Gauge: BG

			4wVBGT			S	     	6061	  	1925
               		4wVBGT			S	     	6106	  	1925
               		4wVBGT			S	     	6273	  	1926
               		4wVBGT			S	     	6425	  	1926
               		4wVBGT			S	     	6635	  	1926
               		4wVBGT			S	     	6636	  	1927
              		4wVBGT			S	     	6802	  	1927
			4wDM			OK		25770		1957
			4wDM			OK		25782		1957


Janowitzer, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			Hens		6545		1912


Jessop & Co
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0ST			AE		1438		1904
			0-4-0T			AE		1439		1904	
			0-4-0T			AE		1440		1904
			0-4-0T			AE		1441		1905
			0-4-0T			AE		1442		1905
			0-4-0T			AE		1501		1906
			0-4-0T			AE		1503		1906
			0-4-0T			AE		1504		1906
			0-4-0T			AE		1525		1906
			0-4-0T			AE		1526		1909
			0-6-2T			AE		1527		1909
			0-4-0T			AE		1570		1909
			0-4-0T			AE		1664		1913


Gauge: MG

			0-4-0F			KS	     	4300	  	1923	(a)

(a) to Calcutta


W Jones, London for India
Gauge: 2'6"

			0-6-0T			Maff		4323		1928


Jones Burton
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			Bg		2023		1922
			0-4-0T			Bg		2024		1922

Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0T			Bg		2018		1922
			0-4-0T			Bg		2019		1922


Kennedy & Donkin Ltd, Calcutta
Gauge: BG

						MR		2166		1922


Kilburn & Co, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

CALCUTTA		0-6-0T			OK		1618		1905


Kilburn Brown & Co, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-6-0T			KS	     	760	  	1901


F Klein, Bombay
Gauge: 2'6"

	
						Han		10459		1926


Krupp-Dolberg
Gauge: 

			4wD			CS		1984		1958


Lawler Ayres for Calcutta
Gauge: 2'6"

			4wPM			MR		3824		1926


Levaten, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			D&B		5		1922


Lever Brothers, Pakistan
Gauge: BG

			4wDM			FH		3469		1950


Leighton & Co, Madras
Gauge: MG

			2-4-0T			D				1872 	(a)
			2-4-0T			D				1872	(b)

(a) ex MSMR A class, No 57. Delivered to RMR. To MSMR by 1883 for construction work. RMR number unknown. Acquired 1890
(b) ex MSMR A class, No 59. Delivered to RMR. To MSMR by 1883 for construction work. RMR number unknown. Acquired 1890


MacLellan & Co for India
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		10286		1922
			0-4-0T			OK		10287		1922
			0-4-0T			OK		12340		1922


MacNeil, Calcutta
Gauge: MG

			4wPM			MR		2008		1920


Duncan MacNeil, London for Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0ST			AB		166		1875


Marshall & Co., Bombay
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wPM			MR		1952		1920	(a)

(a) Originally used on trial at W Dennis & Sons, Nocton. Returned to MR by 26/3/1920 and then sent to India


J N Marshall & Co, Bombay
Gauge: 60cm

			4wPM		     	FH	   	2827	  	1944 	(a)

(a) Originally built for M.O.S., resold 10/1946


Marshall Cottrell, Burma
Gauge: 2'6"

			0-6-2T			HE		1018		1910


T A Martin & Co, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

RANGE			0-4-0T			KS	     	704	  	1901 	(1)
BEGUM			0-4-0T			KS	     	705	  	1901 	(1)
LUKEE			0-4-0T			KS	     	742	  	1901 	(1,2)
RAJAH			0-4-0T			KS	     	743	  	1901	(1,3)
			0-4-0T			HE		1076		1911
			0-6-0T			AB		1295		1912
			0-4-0WT			HC		990		1912
			0-6-0T			AB		1328		1913
			0-4-0WT			HC		1163		1915
	
(1) returned to KS in 1905
(2) later to Mount Zeehan Mines, Tasmania
(3) later to Northern Territories Mining & Smelting, Australia

Gauge: BG

			0-4-0ST	     		AB	     	2036	  	1937


T A Martin
Gauge: 

			4-6-0T			HE	     	1348			(a,b)
               		4-6-0T			HE	     	1349			(a,b)

(a) ex R.O.D. locomotive
(b) Supplied via Robert Hudson

Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			HE	     	1076	  	1911 	(a)
            		0-4-0T			HE	     	1077	  	1911 	(a)

(a) Supplied via Robert Hudson


Martin & Co
Gauge:

			4wDM			RH		223709		1947
			4wDM			RH		223711		1947
			4wDM			RH		223717		1947

Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		252236		1947
			4wDM			RH		252237		1947
			4wDM			RH		252238		1947
			4wDM			RH		252242		1947
			4wDM			RH		252243		1947
			4wDM			RH		252244		1947
			4wDM			RH		252248		1947
			4wDM			RH		252249		1947
			4wDM			RH		252250		1947
			4wDM			RH		252255		1947
			4wDM			RH		252256		1947
			4wDM			RH		260736		1948
			4wDM			RH		260737		1949
			

Gauge: 2'6"

			4wDM			RH		279630		1950


Gauge: MG

			0-4-4T			D				1874	(a)

(a) ex BBCIR B class, No 92. Delivered to ISR, one of Nos 86-105 (which were D 736-55/1874). Acquired 1917


Martin & Co, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		172331		1935
			4wDM			RH		175400		1935
			4wDM			RH		177601		1936
			4wDM			RH		179874		1936
			4wDM			RH		183061		1937
			4wDM			RH		192862		1938
			4wDM			RH		192866		1938
			4wDM			RH		192875		1938
			4wDM			RH		192885		1939
			4wDM			RH		193982		1939
			4wDM			RH		193983		1939
			4wDM			RH		246236		1948
			4wDM			RH		260731		1950
			4wDM			RH		283523		1950

Gauge: MG

			4wDM			RH		166059		1932
			4wDMF			RH		244581		1947	



Masseys (1920) Ltd, Madras
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		182142		1936


Meik & Buchanan, Bombay
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-2ST			KS		4049		1921
			0-4-0ST			KS		4050		1921


George Millar, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0DH			RSH		8389		1963


Milne & Co for Rangoon
Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0D			HC		P261		1927


Ministry of Supply, Bombay
Gauge: 60cm

			4wDM			RH		203002		1941
			4wDM			RH		203003		1941
	

Morrison, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		2937		1908


Nixon Forrest
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		287671		1950	(a)
			4wDM			RH		375311		1954	(b)
			4wDM			RH		375312		1954	(b)

(a) to Bombay
(b) to Pakistan

Gauge: BG

			4wDM			RH		269592		1949


Octavius Steel, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-2ST			HC		858		1908	(a)

(a) Painted green. Fitted with special hot water injectors

Gauge: MG		

			0-6-0T			OK		12264		1930


Ogilvy Gillanders, Rangoon
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-2ST			JF		6445		1891


Orenstein and Arthur Koppel 

ADVERT ORENSTIEN & ARTHUR KOPPEL, 7-11 Lyons Street, PO Box 143, Calcutta. Largest stock in India of light railway material 
for contractors, collieries, irrigation works, forest works, tea gardens, mills, etc.  x

The following information is taken from the Notes & Comment section of the journal Indian Engineering. It is information on 
the contracts that OK had for the supply of light railway equipment in India.

Port Commissioners Trust, Calcutta, Kidderpore - Forty double sided steel tipping wagons of 40 cu ft for which OK also 
supplied the locomotives for the same contract. Also had at the same time an order for "...a big number of coal tubs...." 
for a new colliery in the Central Provinces. xi

Bombay Improvement Trust - 3 miles of track, a number of switches, 30 box tipping wagon and one locomotive. xii

One locomotive 50 hp for coal and liquid fuel (?) together with wagons for a stone quarry. xiii

One 50 hp 06-0T for a limestone quarry. One loco with 50 coal tubs for a colliery in Bengal. 21/4 miles of portable track 
with trucks etc for a tea garden. xiv

A Mahratta State for two 30 hp 0-6-0T for wood fuel, 2'0" gauge and end tipping wagons. xv

By August 1910, OK had sold fifty two locomotives in India of all gauges.  xiv

One 25 ton steam navigator for a PWD in northern India xvi

61/2 miles of light railway for a tea garden, 33/4 miles of track for another tea garden; 2 miles with points and crossings 
for a native state; 40 wagons,  20 sets of points and a miler of track for a PWD irrigation department; a further 20 tipping 
wagons for a PWD; one excavator for a native state; a complete track installation for a jute mill; a similar installation for
a wide godown; one 80 hp loco and numerous other orders xvii

Orders received during February exceed 300. Amongst the most important are:-  two light locos for the EBSR,; one loco for 
Tata Iron Works; one loco to a local coal company; one 20 hp and one 30 hp have been bought by a contractor together with 50 
wagons, rails etc;. For a PWD an order has been booked for six miles of light railway, a loco, tipping wagons and points & 
crossings. Altogether ten locos were disposed of in the last few weeks. We understand that on account of the improvement in 
the coal market, quite considerable quantities of rail, coal tubs etc were despatched to the Jherria Coalfields. Tea Gardens 
have also freely ordered new installations and extensions. xviii

Two 18 ton 0-4-0 locos for a 2'6" gauge line; 150 special tipping wagons for the transport of iron ore in Tata's mines; 
severasl miles of light railway line, wagons and locos for the temporary works at Delhi (SD note - this was the building of 
New Delhi, qv Delhi) ; all the rolling stock for a light railway in Burma; five miles of line with trollies and a loco for a 
tea garden; 100's of tipping wagons and coal tubs for various mines. xix

One 70 hp loco and wagons for an unknown customer; large quantities of rails, tipping wagons and coal tubs for various coal 
mines xx

A new jute mill ordered a fireless loco. Several locos from 20 to 50 hp have been despatched to coal mines, together with 
large quantities of light rails, coal tipping tubs and square tubs. Numerous orders have been booked for light railway 
material including locos and contractors wagons to various PWDs. OK have also secured several orders for large quantities of 
material for the construction of new BG lines. xxi

150 PWD standard tipping wagons; 31/2 miles of light railway line, 40 wagons and a locomotive; two locos, 2m  miles of 
railway line with wagons and crossings; one loco and 27 heavy box wagons. 5 miles of light railway line, 150 wagons and two 
locos. xxii


Locomotives marked * below were supplied to "British India".
Locomotives marked ( below were supplied to A Koppel for India

Gauge: 2'0"

			0-6-0T			Jung		613		1902 	#
			0-6-0T			Jung		662		1902 	#
BESSIE			0-6-0T			Krauss		4799		1902 	#
			0-4-0T			Krauss		5009		1905 	#
			0-6-0T			Jung		1280		1908 	#
			0-4-0T			Maff		2847		1908 	#
			0-4-0T			Maff		2849		1908 	#
			0-6-0T			Maff		2989		1908 	#
			0-4-0T			Jung		1313		1909 	#
			0-4-0T			Krauss		5308		        #
			0-4-0T			Krauss		5383		        #


Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0T			Jung		698		1903



Bombay
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		1030		1903
			0-4-0T			OK		1032		1903

Gauge: 2'6"	

			0-6-0T			OK		5046		1911

Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		810		1902
			0-4-0T			OK		811		1902
			0-4-0T			OK		963		1902
			0-4-0T			OK		964		1902
			0-4-0T			Krauss		4985		1903	# 
			0-4-0T			OK		1031		1903
KILLICK			0-6-0T			OK		1423		1905
NIXON			0-6-0T			OK		1424		1905
			0-4-0T			OK		1593		1905
WISHART			0-4-0T			OK		1594		1905
SUTHERLAND		0-4-0T			OK		1595		1905
			0-6-0T			OK		1753		1906
			0-6-0T			OK		1883		1906
			0-4-0T			OK		1927		1906
			0-4-0T			OK		1928		1906
			0-4-0T			OK		2168		1906
			0-4-0T			OK		2174		1906
			0-6-0T			OK		2225		1906
			0-6-0T			OK		2226		1906
			0-6-0T			OK		2227		1906
			0-6-0T			OK		2228		1906
			0-6-0T			OK		2229		1906
			0-6-0T			OK		2230		1906
			0-4-0T			OK		2268		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2242		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2245		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2269		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2286		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2287		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2288		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2293		1907
			0-6-0T			OK		2349		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2472		1907
			0-4-0T			OK		2894		1908 	#
			0-6-0T			OK		3086		1908 	#
			0-6-0T			OK		3087		1908 	#
			0-4-0T			OK		3123		1908
			0-4-0T			OK		3236		1908
			0-4-0T			OK		3238		1909
			0-4-0T			OK		3240		1909
			0-4-0T			OK		3262		1909
			0-4-0T			OK		3406		1909
			0-4-0T			OK		3410		1909
			0-4-0T			OK		3601		1909
			0-4-0T			OK		3791		1910
			0-4-0T			OK		3792		1910
			0-4-0T			OK		3982		1910
			0-4-0T			OK		3983		1910
			0-4-0T			OK		4065		1910
			0-4-0T			OK		4078		1910
			0-4-0T			OK		4292		1910
			0-4-0T			OK		4487		1911
			0-4-0T			OK		4489		1911
			0-6-0T			OK		4632		1911
			0-4-0T			OK		4637		1911
			0-4-0T			OK		4641		1911	*
			0-4-0T			OK		4643		1911	*
			0-4-0T			OK		4716		1911
			0-4-0T			OK		4717		1911
			0-4-0T			OK		5133		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5134		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5135		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5254		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5319		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5323		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5336		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5337		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5339		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5370		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5476		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5477		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5478		1912
			0-4-0T			OK		5988		1912	*
			0-6-0T/T		OK		6061		1912	*
			0-6-0T/T		OK		6062		1912	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6077		1912	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6078		1912	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6227		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6228		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6347		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6348		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6349		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6372		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6511		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6527		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6560		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6894		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6895		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6973		1913	*
			0-4-0T			OK		6974		1913	*
			0-6-0T			OK		6977		1913
			0-6-0T			OK		6978		1913
			0-4-0T			OK		7119		1913	(a)
			0-4-0T			OK		7145		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		7186		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		7187		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		7189		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		7190		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		7241		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		7242		1914	*
			0-4-0T			OK		10656		1923	(a)
			0-4-0T			OK		10657		1923	(a)
			0-6-0T			OK		10938		1925	(a)
			0-6-0T			OK		10939		1925	(a)
			0-6-0T			OK		11150		1925	(a)
			0-4-0T			OK		11525		1927	(a)
			0-6-0T			OK		11526		1927	(a)
			0-6-0T			OK		11651		1928	(a)
			0-4-0T			OK		11662		1928	(a)
			0-6-0T			OK		11925		1929	(a)
			0-4-0T			OK		11928		1930	(a)

(a) for stock

Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0T			OK		2016		1906
			0-6-0T			OK		4874		1912


Parry & Co

11 Clive Street, Calcutta. Light Railway Engineers

Stocks in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. Rails, locomotives, tipping wagons, platform wagons, coal tubs, wheels on axles, 
fishplates and bolts, clips and bolts, dog spikes.

Agents: Bombay - Messers Killick Nixon & Co; Rangoon - Messers Steel Brothers and Co; Madras - Messers Parry & Co; 
Mauritius - Messers Scott & Co

Suppliers of Light Railway material and locomotives for any gauge xxiii

Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0WT			AB		1428		1920
			0-4-0WT			AB		1429		1920
			0-4-0WT			AB		1450		1920
			0-4-0WT			AB		1451		1920
			0-4-0WT			AB		1452		1920
			0-6-0ST			AB		1494		1917
			0-4-0WT			AB		1692		1920
			0-4-0WT			AB		1693		1920
			0-4-0WT			AB		1695		1920
			0-4-0WT			AB		1696		1920
			0-4-0WT			AB		1728		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1729		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1732		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1733		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1743		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1744		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1745		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1746		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1747		1921
			0-4-0WT			AB		1756		1921


Parrys Engineering
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0WT			AB		1762		1923
			0-4-0WT			AB		1764		1923
			0-4-0WT			AB		1765		1923
			0-4-0WT			AB		1766		1923
			0-4-0WT			AB		1804		1923
			0-4-0WT			AB		1812		1923
			0-4-0WT			AB		1813		1923
			4wPM			MR		2258		1923	(a)
			4wPM			MR		2259		1923	(a)
			4wPM			Brookv		604		1925
			4wPM			Brookv		606		1925
			4wPM			Brookv		856		1926
			4wPM			Brookv		904		1926
			4wPM			Brookv		1016		1927
			0-4-0T			OK		11370		1927
			0-4-0T			OK		11566		1928
			0-6-0T			OK		11606		1928
			0-4-0T			OK		11643		1929
			0-4-0T			OK		11644		1929
			0-4-0T			OK		11658		1929
			0-6-0T			OK		12299		1931

(a) to Calcutta
(b) to India 1931


Parry Murray
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		10521		1923
			0-4-0T			OK		10595		1923
			0-4-0T			OK		11061		1925
			0-4-0T			OK		11087		1925
			0-4-0T			OK		11088		1925
			0-6-0T			OK		11113		1925
			0-6-0T			OK		11127		1925
			0-4-0T			Hens		20678		1926
			0-4-0T			Hens		20679		1926
			0-6-0WT			AB		2233		1947
			0-6-0WT			AB		2234		1947
			0-6-0WT			AB		2235		1947
			0-6-0WT			AB		2240		1947
			0-4-0WT			AB		2283		1949


Planters Stores & Agency
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			RH		218013		1947


Railways & Industrial Equipment, Calcutta

10 Mercantile Buildings, Calcutta. Sole agents for OK.xxiv

Gauge: 2'0"

			0-6-0T			OK		10414		1922	(a)
			0-6-0T			OK		10415		1922
			0-6-0T			OK		10522		1922
			0-6-0T			OK		10527		1922

(a) reported at "a derelict colliery near Durgapur". The identity was assumed (identified from motion?) along with the 
    frames of a four coupled locomotive. xxv


Ruston &  Hornsby, India
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDH			HE		6074		1963
 			4wDH			HE		6090		1963
			4wDH			HE		6091		1963
			4wDH			HE		6092		1963


Secretary of State for India
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-2ST(?)		JF		4526		1883
			0-4-0ST(?)		JF		4527		1883

Gauge: 2'6"

			0-4-0T			MW		1526		1901	(a)
			0-4-0T			MW		1615		1903	(b)

(a) to Calcutta
(b) to Ishapur

Gauge: BG

			0-6-0ST	     		MW	     	1358	  	1897 	(a)

(a) Possibly supplied to Tata Power Co Ltd, Unknown location, Bombay

Seth Apcar, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

SUTARAM			0-4-0ST			MW		508		1875
CHURAMPORE		0-6-0			MW		615		1876
PONIATA			0-6-2T			MW		1706		1906
			0-6-2T			MW		1707		1906


Stothert & Pitt
Gauge: 2'0"

SOUDAN			2-4-0T			WB		512		1886


John Taylor & Sons
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDH			RH		416219		1957
	
Gauge: 2'6"

			4wDH			RH		416223		1957


Francis Theakston
Gauge: 2'0"

UBIQUE			0-4-0PM			AE		1915		1922	(a)
			0-4-0ST			KS		4293		1923	(b)

(a) UBIQUE is the regimental motto of the Royal Engineers, meaning "Everywhere". Was this a military locomotive?
(b) shipped to Calcutta


Gauge: 2'6"

			0-6-0T			AE		1914		1922


Topham, Jones & Railton, Assam
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wPM			FH		1743		1931
			4wPM			FH		1744		1931
			4wPM			FH		1755		1931
			4wPM			FH		1756		1931
			4wPM			FH		1757		1931
			4wPM			FH		1758		1931
			4wPM			FH		1759		1931


Tozer, Kemsley & Fisher for India
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			AE		1560		1908
			0-4-0T			AE		1561		1908
			0-4-0T			AE		1562		1908


Villers & Co, London shipped to Bombay
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0ST			KS		4159		1921
			0-4-0ST			KS		4160		1921


Volkhart Brothers
Gauge: 2'0"

			4wP			Brookv		1463		1929


Walsh Lovatt & Co
Gauge: 2'0"

LUCKEE			0-6-0ST			HE		163		1876
SHIBPORE		0-6-0ST			HE		194		1877
			0-6-0T			HE		430		1887
			0-6-0T			HE		474		1888


Gauge: 2'6"

TANSA			0-6-0T			HE		430		1887	(1)
BASSIEN			0-6-0T			HE		474		1888

(1) Sold to Barsi Light Railway as a construction locomotive.


J Weatherspoon & Co
Bombay
Gauge: 2'6"

			2w-2PMR			Wkm		6047		1952


Karachi
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0DM			HC		D583		1934
			4wDM			HC		D588		1936


Wilcox (Buckwell, India)
Gauge: 2'6"

			4wDM			Brookv		3424		1948


Williamson, Meyer & Co, Calcutta
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			OK		2637		1908


A Young & Co, Bombay
Gauge: 2'0"

			0-4-0T			KS 		695	  	1900
			0-4-0T			KS 		696	  	1900
			0-4-0T			KS 		697	  	1900
			0-4-0T			KS 	 	698	  	1900
			0-4-0T			KS 	 	699	  	1900
			0-4-0T			KS 	 	700	  	1900
			0-4-0T			AE		1434		1901


Yule Catto & Co Ltd
Gauge:

			4wDMF			RH		467631		1961	(a)

(a) to Calcutta

Gauge: 2'0"

			4wDM			HE		6003

Gauge: 3'6"

			4wDMF			RH		314239		1951
			4wDMF			RH		314240		1951
			4wDMF			RH		314241		1951
			4wDMF			RH		373353		1954
			4wDMF			RH		373355		1954
			4wDMF			RH		373356		1954

i Advert, IE 30/9/1922
ii Burdwan, Bengal Gazetteer 1910
iii IRG 10/1911
iv IE 24/02/1912
v IE, 1910, 1911
vi Advert, Indian Railway Gazzette, Jan 1917
vii CRJ No 43
viii Advert, Indian Railway Gazzette, Jan 1917
ix Advert IE 06/01/1912
x  IE 9/1910
xi IE 9/1910
xii IE 22/10/1910
xiii IE 29/10/1910
xiv IE 31/12/1910
xv IE ?/1910
xvi IE 29/01/1910
xvii IE 27/1/1912
xviii IE 24/02/1912
xix IE 28/09/1912
xx IE 11/01/1913
xxi IE 15/03/1913
xxii IE 17/05/1913
xxiii Advert, Indian Railway Gazette, Jan 1917 et al
xxiv Advert, IRG April 1924
xxv IRS 110/4