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Posted: Dec 02 2017 (19:52)
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THOMSON, the first locomotive of India
It started working on 22nd December, 1851 by carrying two wagons from Roorkee to Piran Kaliyar, approximately 16 months before the first passenger train of Indian ran - between Thane and Bori Bunder, on 16th April, 1853. However, some articles claim that the RHRR (Red Hill Rail Road) was the first railway of India, built in 1836, but not much info is known about RHRR.....
This loco is presently kept in front of Roorkee Railway Station, and is operated on every Fridays and Sundays
It started working on 22nd December, 1851 by carrying two wagons from Roorkee to Piran Kaliyar, approximately 16 months before the first passenger train of Indian ran - between Thane and Bori Bunder, on 16th April, 1853. However, some articles claim that the RHRR (Red Hill Rail Road) was the first railway of India, built in 1836, but not much info is known about RHRR.....
This loco is presently kept in front of Roorkee Railway Station, and is operated on every Fridays and Sundays
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Nice captures! This locomotive has been the subject of many long discussions. It's always nice to see it popping up in photos.
Just a correction though. This locomotive is NOT the Thomson. The locomotive that was used at the Roorkee construction site was destroyed in a Boiler explosion within 9 months of it's induction. There are no particular details in the administration reports about the make and build of the locomotive other than the fact that it was a 2-2-2 Tank locomotive. The locomotive currently outside Roorkee station (the one in your photograph) is a 'Jenny Lind' locomotive that operated on the London, Brighton and South Coast railway (as you can see on the locomotive in pic...
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Just a correction though. This locomotive is NOT the Thomson. The locomotive that was used at the Roorkee construction site was destroyed in a Boiler explosion within 9 months of it's induction. There are no particular details in the administration reports about the make and build of the locomotive other than the fact that it was a 2-2-2 Tank locomotive. The locomotive currently outside Roorkee station (the one in your photograph) is a 'Jenny Lind' locomotive that operated on the London, Brighton and South Coast railway (as you can see on the locomotive in pic...
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Are there are any remains of RHRR existing now? For e.g. tracks, locos, wagons etc.?
I never knew about all this, just translated everything that was written in Pic 1....
Jenny Lind was the name given to this loco, or it signifies something else?
Jenny Lind was the name given to this loco, or it signifies something else?
Jenny Lind was the name given to the first locomotive in the series (A total of 10 were designed initially), but the design was so successful that all subsequent locomotives of the same design were also referred to by the same name.
Unfortunately, no remnants of the RHRR exist now. The line was closed down sometime before 1839. It was only about 6km of track and most of the equipment used was very primitive. All the wagons would have been put into use on the road for carriages. Even the steam locomotives were mostly just a steam engine and some mechanical equipment mounted on the standard freight wagons. So they too did not survive. It is completely...
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Unfortunately, no remnants of the RHRR exist now. The line was closed down sometime before 1839. It was only about 6km of track and most of the equipment used was very primitive. All the wagons would have been put into use on the road for carriages. Even the steam locomotives were mostly just a steam engine and some mechanical equipment mounted on the standard freight wagons. So they too did not survive. It is completely...
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Some more interesting reading -
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This link contains extracts from the diaries of Er. David Joy, the engineer who designed and built the the locomotive now standing outside Roorkee station. The entries are quite detailed and you can see a sketch of the locomotive in the 1846, November section. He doesn't mention anything about exporting the locomotives to India.
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click here
This link contains extracts from the diaries of Er. David Joy, the engineer who designed and built the the locomotive now standing outside Roorkee station. The entries are quite detailed and you can see a sketch of the locomotive in the 1846, November section. He doesn't mention anything about exporting the locomotives to India.
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