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.