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Locomotives of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

Information on Darjeeling Himalayan Railway or the DHR Locomotives
Inside DHR locomotiveTrain Timings:
At present five pairs of passenger-trains are run in this section. For more information, please contact the station Superintendent at Darjeeling, New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri or Kurseong. A joy ride train runs between Ghoom and Darjeeling with a stoppage at Batasia Loop for enabling tourists to take photographs of Mt. Kanchendzonga. A train No. 3D UP runs everyday from NJP to Darjeeling.

Station Arrival Depature
New Jalpaiguri   09.00 am
Siliguri 09.30 09.35
1899 Do 782
1900 Do 784
1903 M/S N.B. Loco & Co. Glasgow, England 785
1904 M/S Sharp Stewarts & Co. Glasgow, Scotland 786
1913 Do 787 & 788



Technical Details of 'A' & 'B' Class Locomotives :
A Class B Class
Cylinder Diameter 10 in. 11 in.
Cylinder Stroke 14 in. 14 in.Wheel Base
Wheel Base 4 ft. 3 in. 5 ft. 6 in.
Weight in working order 12 tons 14 tons
Train load in level 600 tons 840 tons
Train load in gradient 1 in 100 150 tons 210 tons
Train load in gradient 1 in 26 and curve of 60 radius 39 tons 50 tons
Coal consumption per mile 38 lbs. 39 lbs.
Water comsumption per mile 40 gallons 45 gallons
Cost Rs. 12,350 Rs. 19,000
B Class of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
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