The Nilgiris: The new coal-fired steam locomotive, manufactured by the Golden Rock Railway Workshop in Tiruchirappalli underwent a trial run on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway stretch on Sunday.
First coal-fired steam locomotive manufactured in Trichy does a trial run on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway stretch.
The Nilgiris: The new coal-fired steam locomotive, manufactured by the Golden Rock Railway Workshop in Tiruchirappalli underwent a trial run on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway stretch on Sunday.
This is the first time that the Golden Rock Railway Workshop has manufactured a coal-fired steam locomotive. This ‘X’ Class steam locomotive also has the distinction of being the first coal-fired steam locomotive manufactured in the country.
This new coal-fired steam engine was flagged off by John Thomas, General Manager of Southern Railway at Golden Rock Railway Workshop, Tiruchchirappalli in August. Subsequently, this engine was dispatched by the Golden Rock Railway Workshop, by road, to Mettupalayam in the first week of this month.
“The new engine, X-37400 is 10.38 metres long and weighs 50 tonnes. It has a capacity to hold 3.8 tonnes of coal and its water tank can contain 4500 litres of water.
This engine has been fitted with rack and pinion arrangements to chug in the hilly terrain of Nilgiri Mountains. This coal-fired steam engine will undergo extensive trial runs on the NMR stretch before being inducted into service,” revealed a source from the Salem Division of Southern Railways.