Madras Port Trust Metre Gauge 0-6-0
Posted: 28 Apr 2011, 17:48
Attached are three photos of Madras (now Chennai) Port Trust 0-6-0 No 2 built North British 1904 taken 13th April 1960
The loco was oil burning for work in a fuel depot and was originally built for the Shoranur - Cochin State Railway.
The loco was shunting a mixture of broad (5' 6") and Metre gauged stock using a barrier wagon on the mixed gauge track.
The 1904 builders plate must have been a fairly early use of the combined North British Plate.
I apologise for the extreme shadow on the loco which was a commom problem with the original Kodachrome available 50 years ago.
Side View
Taken from the top of the oil tank over the cab
North British Builders Plate
The loco was oil burning for work in a fuel depot and was originally built for the Shoranur - Cochin State Railway.
The loco was shunting a mixture of broad (5' 6") and Metre gauged stock using a barrier wagon on the mixed gauge track.
The 1904 builders plate must have been a fairly early use of the combined North British Plate.
I apologise for the extreme shadow on the loco which was a commom problem with the original Kodachrome available 50 years ago.
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