2-8-0 Steam Locomotives in India

Class 464 (Locobase 20163)

Data from "Consolidation Superheater Locomotive, Madras & Southern Mahratta", Locomotive Magazine, Volume XIX [19] (15 February 1913), pp. 30-31. Works numbers were 3398-3414 in 1910.

The LM report said that this class was based on the standard engines of the Indian Standards Committee, but included a superheater and a reduced boiler pressure setting. The Belpaire firebox was standard as were the piston valves, but the design displayed a higher percentage of heating surface area supplied by the superheater than in most British-built locomotives.

Similar locomotives supplied by Kitson went to the M&SM in 1919; see Locobase 20164.

Class 481 (Locobase 20164)

Data from "Consolidation Locomotives, Madras & Southern Mahratta", Locomotive Magazine, Volume XX [25], No. 324 (15 August 1919), pp. 30-31. See also "Recent Locomotivdes by Messrs. Arrmstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltc, Locomotive News and Railway Contractor, Volume XI [11], No 5 (10 March 1922), pp. 146-149.Kitson & Company supplied two in 1919 and Armstrong-Whitworth followed with 17 in 1921. The latter represented A-W works numbers 94-110.

Although Kitson built these Consolidations "to the designs and specifications of Messrs. Rendel, Plamer & Tritton, Consulting Engineers", they followed most of the guidelines of the Indian Railway Board and the Engineering Standards Committee. They used exactly the same Belpaire firebox and grate as the Stephenson-built 2-8-0s of 1910 (Locobase 20163), but opted for fewer tubes, flues, and elements than had the earlier locomotives.

The A-W engines were described in 1922 as virtual duplicates of the Bombay, Baroda & Central India 133 class (Locobase 20884).