New oil fired steam engine: Nilgiri Railway
4,254 views · Published 11 May 2012 · 1:44 · Indexed 30 October 2026
Channel: Incredible Steam Trains of India and Other Videos · 2012 · Travel & Events
The 2nd India-built oil fired steam engine, X 37397, which was put into regular service on the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, on March 20, 2012; is seen powering the train to Ootacamund (Ooty), This video was shot on April 3, 2012 near the tea gardens of Glendale, below Coonoor. Built at Golden Rock Workshop of Indian Railways at Tiruchirapally, this new metre gauge engine weighs close to 50 tonnes and can haul up to 97.6 tonnes with 30 km speed in the plains and 15 km on the rack railway between Kallar and Coonoor. The engine has outsourced welded type boilers and has two separate tanks for 850 litre diesel and 2,250 litres of furnace oil. This steam engine was rolled out on Feb. 6, 2012 and underwent extensive trials after reaching the Nilgiri Mountain Railway at Mettupalayam on Feb. 27, 2012. Two more such engines are to be built for this rail-line.
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