Rishra (locomotive)

Rishra (works number 2007) was built in 1921 by Baguley Cars Ltd. Following a working life in India it is now preserved at the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway, Buckinghamshire, England.

Rishra
Rishra at the Alan Keef open day in 2008
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderBaguley Cars Ltd
Serial number2007
Build date1921
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-4-0T
Gauge2 ft (610 mm)
Fuel typecoal
Valve gearBaguley valve gear

It is the one of only 31 Baguley steam locomotives built.[1]

History

Baguley Cars Ltd took the order on 7 July 1919 for their works number 2007 2 ft (610 mm) 0-4-0T locomotive and delivered in on 28 November 1921 to Light Railways Ltd.[1]

The locomotive was used by the Calcutta Corporation for shunting coal wagons at a water pumping station in Barrackpore, India.[2]

Left abandoned in undergrowth, it was rescued in 1963 by Michael Satow[lower-alpha 1], a senior executive of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), who had the locomotive restored at the Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company, Rishra, Kolkata (Calcutta).[2][lower-alpha 2]

It was repatriated to the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in England by Satow in 1971.[2]

It is one of only four preserved locomotives fitted with Baguley valve gear, similar to the Bagnall-Price gear which was adopted by Bagnall after Ernest E. Baguley left that firm.

References

Notes
  1. Satow founded the Indian National Rail Museum in New Delhi.[2]
  2. It seems likely this is the origin of naming of the locative as Rishra.

Footnotes
  1. Lowe (2014), p. 43.
  2. IRFCA (2021).

Sources
  • "Locomotives: Preserved locos, Names, Miscellaneous". Indian Railways Fan Club. Locomotives transferred or exported outside India. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  • Lowe, James W. (2014) [1975]. British Steam Locomotives Builders. Pen & Sword Transport. ISBN 978-1-47382-289-4. OCLC 889509628.


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