Calcutta Port Hunslet
The port at Calcutta had/ has an extensive internal broad gauge (5'6") rail network although access to most of its was nigh on impossible. I can't remember the exact circumstance, but we managed to arrange a brief visit to the shed area where we saw a few locos stabled and in steam.
On 18 January 1979, 0-6-2T No.9 was shunting nearby - it was built by Hunslet Engineering of Leeds in 1949.
45 of these 0-6-2Ts tanks were built for the Calcutta Port Commissioners by Hunslet, Henschel and Mitsubishi between 1945-1955.
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Calcutta Port Hunslet
The port at Calcutta had/ has an extensive internal broad gauge (5'6") rail network although access to most of its was nigh on impossible. I can't remember the exact circumstance, but we managed to arrange a brief visit to the shed area where we saw a few locos stabled and in steam.
On 18 January 1979, 0-6-2T No.9 was shunting nearby - it was built by Hunslet Engineering of Leeds in 1949.
45 of these 0-6-2Ts tanks were built for the Calcutta Port Commissioners by Hunslet, Henschel and Mitsubishi between 1945-1955.
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