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Ceylon Government Railway C1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1928· class of 1+8 four-cylinder 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt locomotives
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- 1. 2018-01-28 Garratt 347 Colombo Dematagoda: Hans Hufnagel· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
The Ceylon Government Railway C1 and C1A were a class of steam locomotives of the Garratt type built by Beyer, Peacock & Company, England for the Ceylon Government Railway (now Sri Lanka Railways).
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- 22.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1946
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Sri Lanka Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2+2-6-2
- length
- 22.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5010985, Wikipedia: Ceylon Government Railway C1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.