More shots of No.19

The Complete Set

778

Type: 4-6-0T, Date: 1917, Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, USA (Works No. 44656)

One of 495 locomotives built by Baldwin, for the War Department Light Railways. They operated on the thousands of miles of narrow-gauge tracks that supplied the front line trenches in the First World War. It then worked in India until the 1980s, finishing at the Upper India Sugar Mills in Uttar Pradesh. The first of its type to steam in Britain since the late 1940s, it has recently completed a major overhaul.

778 is seen here along with "Rishra" and No.740.

Top Photo

All four locos with Indian connections on shed.

Matheran No. 740 and "Rishra"

RISHRA

Type: 0-4-0T, Date: 1921, Builder: Baguley Cars, Burton-on-Trent, England (Works No. 2007)This tiny machine is the only known survivor of the small number of steam engines built by Baguley, who were much better known for their diesel locomotives and railcars. Supplied to Calcutta Corporation, India, it shunted coal wagons at a water pumping station.

Matheran No. 740
Type: 0-6-0T, Date: 1907, Builder: Orenstein & Koppel, Berlin, Germany, (Works No.2343)
No 740 is the biggest locomotive ever to have run on the Leighton Buzzard Railway, weighing in at 18 tonnes. It was built for the Matheran Light Railway, which serves the hill station of Matheran, in Maharastra, India. To combine the power needed to climb the steep gradients, with the ability to get round sharp curves, No 740 was built with radial axles, which allow the driving wheels to “steer” round corners--a feature which is also very valuable here.

At the End of the Day

Matheran loco No. 740 and the B class on shed after a day of hard work.

No. 19 at Work

No.19 gets away from Page's Park station.

No.19 at Rest

Shots of DHR 0-4-0ST B 19 in Page's
Park station.

Indian Locos on the Leighton Buzzard Railway

On May 7th 2007 Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 0-4-0ST No. 19 was running on the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway. She had spent the previous two days, alongside fellow locomotives with Indian connections, hauling passengers along this delightful Bedfordshire line.