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BNR class HSG
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1925· class of 2 Indian 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt locomotives
what is it?
The Bengal Nagpur Railway class HSG was a class of two 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt locomotives. After North Western State Railway's GAS class, the Bengal Nagpur Railway conducted similar experiments for pulling heavier trains up the ghats with successful results. Its parts were similar to BESA heavy goods 2-8-0s, the class HG. They worked on the Chakradharpur-Jharsuguda section coupled to each other.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Served for 44 years (1925–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Bengal Nagpur Railway, Indian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0+0-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17020057, Wikipedia: BNR class HSG (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.