The Ceylon Government Railway H1 was a solitary narrow-gauge (2ft 6in)

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built by

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for the Ceylon Government Railway (now

Sri Lanka Railways The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය ''Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya''; Sri Lankan Tamil dialects, Tamil: ...

History

This locomotive entered service with the railway in 1931, and was designated as the UPR-GARRATT Class before the reclassification of 1937. It was originally used for passenger and freight services on the narrow-gauge (2ft 6in) Uda Pussellawa Railway (UPR) between

Nanu Oya Nanu Oya is a long stream in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It originates at an elevation of over on Pidurutalagala, the highest mountain in Sri Lanka, flowing into the Kotmale Oya at an elevation of approximately . The Kotmale Oya is a tri ...

and

Ragala Ragala is a small town in Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is part of Walapane Pradeshiya Sabha, in the Nuwara Eliya District. Agriculture The town's agricultural exports consist of tea leaves to tea production companies such as Dilmah. Ragala ...

via

Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya ( ; ) is a city in the hill country of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its name means "city on the plain (table land)" or "city of light". The city is the administrative capital of Nuwara Eliya District, with a picturesque landsc ...

. No. 293 met with a serious accident near Nuwara Eliya in 1942 while hauling a freight train at excessive speed. It was returned to service in 1944 following repairs. Until the 1960s, the locomotive was occasionally used on the narrow-gauge

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. Following withdrawal from service in 1972, it was scrapped in 1981.

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{{Locomotives of Sri Lanka 2 ft 6 in gauge locomotives H1 Garratt locomotives 2-4-0+0-4-2 locomotives Beyer, Peacock locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1930 Scrapped locomotives

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