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BNR class P
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1939· class of 4 Indian 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt locomotives
what is it?
The Bengal Nagpur Railway class P was a class of four 4-8-2+2-8-4 (“Double Mountain”) Garratt locomotives. It was developed from BNR class N and BNR class NM. The Anuppur-Chirmiri section had severe curves and it needed an engine with a trailing bogie. Its boiler was slightly enlarged similar to the NM. It could haul 1,500 long tons (1,500 t) load up a 1 in 91 gradient.
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- in service from
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- 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
- 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17020110, Wikipedia: BNR class P (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.