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GIP-1 To 8
The GIP-1 to 8 were 8 locomotives produced by Vulcan Foundry in 1851, to operate on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway's line from Bombay to Tannah (now Thane). Three of these would reportedly pull India's first Train from Bori Bunder railway station, Bori Bunder to Thane railway station, Tannah on 16 April 1853. The 2-4-0 type tender locomotives were ordered by the GIPR to operate on the first railway line in India. The Vulcan Foundry rotation numbers of these were from 324-331, while the working numbers were 680-687. These locomotives had a water capacity of 800 gallons (3028.33 Litres), and a tender capacity of 600 gallons (2271.25 Litres). They had 5 feet diameter driving wheels, a firegate area of 13.5 sq.ft (1.253 sq.m) and a heating surface of 777.25 sq.ft (72.2088 sq.m). Three locomotives arrived at Bombay on the ship ''Charles'' in September 1852, along with carriages and six European drivers accompanying them. Since the locomotives were still in the process of being mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulcan Foundry
The Vulcan Foundry Limited was an English locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now Merseyside). History The Vulcan Foundry opened in 1832, as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches, crossings and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Due to the distance from the locomotive works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it seemed preferable to build and support them locally. In 1832, Robert Stephenson became a partner for a few years. The company had become The Vulcan Foundry Company in 1847 and acquired limited liability in 1864. From the beginning of 1898, the name changed again to The Vulcan Foundry Limited, dropping the word 'company.' Vulcan Halt The site had its own railway station, Vulcan Halt, on the former Warrington and Newton Railway line from to . The wooden-platformed halt was opened on 1 November 1916 by the London and North Western Railway, and closed on 12 June 1965. Steam locomoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles and no trailing wheels. In most of North America it became known as a Porter. The notation 2-4-0T indicates a tank locomotive of this wheel arrangement, on which its water and fuel is carried on board the engine itself, rather than in an attached tender. A subset is 2-4-0WT, a configuration in which the water is under the bolier in a well tank. Overview The 2-4-0 configuration was developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1830s or early 1840s as an enlargement of the 2-2-0 and 2-2-2 types, with the additional pair of coupled wheels giving better adhesion. The type was initially designed for freight haulage. One of the earliest examples was the broad-gauge GWR Leo Class, designed by Daniel Gooch and built during 1841 and 1842 by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company; Fenton, Murray and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway (reporting mark GIPR) was a predecessor of the Central Railway (and by extension, the current state-owned Indian Railways), whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai (later, the Victoria Terminus and presently the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus). The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company was incorporated on 1 August 1849 by the ( 12 & 13 Vict. c. lxxxiii) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It had a share capital of 50,000 pounds. On 21 August 1847 it entered into a formal contract with the East India Company for the construction and operation of a railway line, 56 km long, to form part of a trunk line connecting Bombay with Khandesh and Berar and generally with the other presidencies of India. The Court of Directors of the East India Company appointed James John Berkeley as Chief Resident Engineer and Charles Buchanan Ker and Robert Wilfred Graham as his assistants. It was India's first passenger railway, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thane
Thane (; previously known as Thana, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the list of Indian states, state of Maharashtra in India and on the northeastern side of Mumbai. It is an immediate neighbour of Mumbai city proper, and a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is situated entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas of Thane district. It serves as the headquarters of the district. Thane city ranks as the 15th most populous city in India, with a population of 1,890,000 according to the 2011 census. Etymology and other names The ancient name of Thana was . It appears as in early medieval Arab sources. The name Thane has been variously Romanised as Tana, Thana, Thâṇâ, and Thame. Ibn Battuta and Abulfeda knew it as KukinTana; Duarte Barbosa as TanaMayambu. Before Renaming of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bori Bunder Railway Station
Bori Bunder railway station was a railway station, situated at Bori Bunder, Bombay, Maharashtra, in India. It was from here that first passenger train of the subcontinent ran to Thane in 1853. This station was rebuilt as Victoria Terminus later in 1888. The GIPR railway line opened formally in April 1853. The inauguration was done with the maiden run of the first train from Bori Bunder to Thane on the 16th of that month. A trial run of the journey in April was conducted on 18 November 1852, with the officials of the railway company. The station Built by the then Great Indian Peninsula Railway, this railway station takes its name from the nearby locality, Bori Bunder. The station was a small one, with only a single pair of tracks, and had no platforms. The station had wooden buildings, and those from the earliest days of the station had been regarded as "temporary" by the Chief Engineer Berkeley as late as 1860. The location of the station near the sea, meant that the wav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thane Railway Station
Thane (station code: TNA) is a NSG-1 category major railway station of the Indian Railways serving the city of Thane, Located in Maharashtra, it is one of the busiest railway stations in India. , Thane railway station handles 260000 people daily. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including more than 330 long-distance trains. The station has 10 platforms. It is the origin and destination station of all trans-harbour suburban trains. When built, it was India's first passenger railway Station along with Bori Bunder railway station. History Thane railway station was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated from (now renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus), Mumbai to Thane Thane (; previously known as Thana, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the list of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Falkland (locomotive)
Lord Falkland was the first steam locomotive to run in Bombay. It made its maiden run on 18 February 1852, fourteen months before the official opening of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (the company that operated it) on 16 April 1853, the beginning of rail transport in India. It was named after the then Governor of Bombay, Lucius Cary, the tenth Lord Falkland. The locomotive was a tank engine presumably built by E.B.Wilson Foundry, the same foundry whose standard gauge loco Thomason first ran in Roorkee December 1851, during the construction of the Solani Aqueduct. A locomotive of the 0-6-0 configuration, it was primarily used for shunting wagons, later also for pulling first trial train run between Bombay and Tannah (now Thane) in November 1852. Commencement of service A Bombay Telegraph report of 17 February 1852 reported that, "She has been landed six days..." suggesting that the Locomotive apparently arrived in Bombay via a ship on 11/12 February 1852. The engine was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steam Locomotives Of India
Steam is water vapor, often mixed with air or an aerosol of liquid water droplets. This may occur due to evaporation or due to boiling, where heat is applied until water reaches the enthalpy of vaporization. Saturated or superheated steam is invisible; however, wet steam, a visible mist or aerosol of water droplets, is often referred to as "steam". When liquid water becomes steam, it increases in volume by 1,700 times at standard temperature and pressure; this change in volume can be converted into work (physics), mechanical work by steam engines such as reciprocating engine, reciprocating piston type engines and steam turbines, which are a sub-group of steam engines. Piston type steam engines played a central role in the Industrial Revolution and modern steam turbines are used to generate more than 80% of the world's electricity. If liquid water comes in contact with a very hot surface or depressurizes quickly below its vapor pressure, vapour pressure, it can create a steam exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
