The DHR D Class was a gauge

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used on the

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(DHR) in

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, India.

Service history

The sole member of the class was built by

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in 1910, and entered service the following year, as no. 31 in the DHR fleet. Its basic dimensions were designed to be roughly equivalent to those of two of the DHR's existing B Class engines, with the intention that it would produce approximately double the power of those engines. However, in practice it was only able to haul 65% more load than a single B Class unit. Although the DHR did not acquire any further articulated locomotives, no. 31 remained in service until November 1954.

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