Madras & Southern Mahratta 2-8-0 Locomotives in India

Class 477 (Locobase 20163)

Data from "Consolidation Superheater Locomotive, Madras & Southern Mahratta", Locomotive Magazine, Volume XIX [19] (15 February 1913), pp. 30-31.

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 percentage of heating surface area supplied by the superheater was higher 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).