The DHR D Class was a Template:Track gauge gauge Template:Whyte Garratt-type articulated steam locomotive used on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) in West Bengal, India.Template:Sfn
Service history
The sole member of the class was built by Beyer, Peacock and Company in 1910, and entered service the following year, as no. 31 in the DHR fleet.Template:Sfn Its basic dimensions were designed to be roughly equivalent to those of two of the DHR's existing B Class Template:Whyte 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.Template:Sfn
Although the DHR did not acquire any further articulated locomotives, no. 31 remained in service until November 1954.Template:Sfn
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Bibliography
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- The Origins of the Garratt Locomotive{{#if:Hills|, Hills}. Plateway Press(2000). ISBN 1871980437
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- The Anatomy of the Darjeeling Garratt and the Engine it tried to Replace: the DHR Class "B" saddle tank{{#if:Manning|, Manning}. Peter Manning Design & Drafting(2013). ISBN 9780980621228