A Heritage Steam loco is now at display infront of Mysore Station - All the three divisons under South Western Railway now sport a steam loco at their DRM offices. Can anyone think of any other zones with this distinction?

A few more details about this Heritage Steam Loco:

This 4-4-4 E-Class Steam Locomotive[Serial # 22782] built by the North British Locomotive Atlas Works, Glasgow in 1920, was procured at a cost of INR 89,663/-. This loco started serving the Visveshwaraiah Iron and Steel Ltd, Bhadravathi from March-1921. A total of 23 such locos were built and currently only 3 are preserved - 1 in India and 2 in United Kingdom.

Other Technical Details:

Gauge: Metre Gauge
Length: 10922mm
Width: 2599mm
Height: 3428mm
Weight: 39.43 tonnes
Cylinder Diameter and Stroke Length: 356X508mm
Type of Valve: walschaerts
Water Capacity:960 gallons
Coal Capacity: 2.75tonnes (Kunal.S.Doddanavar)

Date: 2011-12-04
Owner: Kunal Doddanavar
Size:
Full size: 1600x1200

Photo Properties
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Make Canon Model Canon PowerShot A540
Aperture Value f/4 Color Space sRGB
Flash Unknown: 80 Metering Mode Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value 1/100 sec Digital Zoom Ratio 1
Date/Time 2011 Dec 04 11:44:13 +0000

Comments
Wow. This must have be an Industrial locomotive of that time.
I wonder if it did any mainline services.
Posted by Dilip Setlur on 2011 Dec 21 01:54:09 +0000