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EIR-22 "Fairy Queen" resurrected

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Channel: Incredible Steam Trains of India and Other Videos · 2018 · Entertainment

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EIR-22 FAIRY QUEEN is back in action!
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Over five years after it was looted, vandalised and rendered useless in Delhi Cantonment station, Fairy Queen (EIR-22), the 166-year-old, world’s oldest functioning steam locomotive, came back to life on Saturday Nov. 11, 2017, resuming its run between the Delhi Cantonment station and Rewari in Haryana, 70 ilometres away. The long restoration process involved replacing 32 valuable parts, stolen in 2011 from its shed in Delhi Cantonment station. The parts stolen included the original steam whistle, Also stolen were the shiny brass coat of its dome, parts of its “crown”, and the gleaming ladder next to the boiler. The boiler itself was found riddled with holes. The locomotive was constructed by Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson at Leeds, England, in 1855.

The news of Fairy Queen’s vandalism and subsequent actions was first reported in The Indian Express on December 22, 2011. Post restoration at Perambur in Chennai, the sound of the steam whistle is now different, and this can be noticed from my earlier videos of this locomotive. But it is a pleasure to see this vintage steam engine back in action again!

Seen here is the special run of the 2-coach train at Palam station on 11 Nov. 2017.

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