Indian Steam

[engerth399]

This link should take you to some interesting Indian steam on youtube, not all narrow gauge but at least some metre gauge.  Hope you like it.

Peter

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=running+out+of+steam

[Robin Webster]

The 1995 documentary on Indian steam is realy very good. Pity most of the old narrow gauge railways have disappeared, Some converted to broad gauge which is understandable.
I am attempting to model in 009/ HOe a small shunting layout of the Nowshera to Dargai military railway which now lies In Northern Pakistan and was converted to broad gauge back in 1922.
I have scratched built a few wagons and 3 coaches based mostly on black and white photographs of narrow gauge railways of the subcontinent. What i find hard is trying to create/ make / modify little people and animals Oh well, thats the joy of attempting to model something a bit different.
Happy modeling.
Robin.

[B.Meldon]

Also see:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0120460

But only if you are in the UK.

Brian Meldon

[Robin Webster]

Hi Brian, thanks for information. I live in Switzerland and BBC iplayer is blocked here.
Robin.

[Robin Webster]

Thank you so very much lain, I enjoyed the video very much.
Robin.

[Robin Webster]

I need a little direction here. I have 5 blue prints from the "Central Railway of India".The prints are of the following classes.
Class CWD ( post war)
Class AWE built 1943.
Class XA/ 1, built 1933.
Class H4 built 1913.
Class H5 built 1923.
These prints have dates from 1962 to 1972 when the last boilers were updated. Some have one line comments on the back of the sheets perhaps from the mechanical engineer.
These blue prints have been in my possession since 1983. I was given them as a thank you for building a Buddist Stupa for a layout in the UK.
A little history back ground here. The person who gave them to me was from the UK and was in love with india and its railways. He lived there for a while and had made friends with the shed manager of Central Railways. These prints were going to be thrown out/ burnt when the railway was being converted to diesel power, he asked if he could have them and was given a collection of broad, meter and narrow gauge prints. I did have more but have donated them over the years.
Any way, what i would like to do is to donate these 5 to some one, or a museum ,or society that could keep the history going.
Those who read this post may ask, why now? Well, time and age have come to the point where i cannot see them coming to life as models. I did start on one many moons ago but i could not find all the parts i was looking for plus my skills were limited.
Thanks,
Robin.
PS: I'll pay the post, all i need is a good secure home for them.

[Tom Haythornthwaite]

Perhaps the National Rail Museum of India?
http://nrmindia.com/history.html

Having said that, I don't see from the website or remember that they have an archives.

[Robin Webster]

Thanks Tom, before posting i checked  the National Rail Museum  of India but found no archive.

[Julian Evison]

Hello Robin,

A group you could ask is the Indian Railways Fan Cub Association as they might know a good repository for such things: https://www.irfca.org/

I believe the Stephenson Locomtive Society has a good archive in the UK and an international outlook. They might be worth contacting: https://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/index.htm

I am not a member of either, so can't be sure of their interest.

Julian

[Robin Webster]

Thanks Julian, I will be contacting them.