#2281
Ceylon Government Railway H1
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1930· class of 1 Sri Lankan 2-4-0+0-4-2 locomotive
what is it?
The Ceylon Government Railway H1 was a solitary 2-4-0+0-4-2T narrow-gauge (2ft 6in) Garratt steam locomotive 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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1930–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1972
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Udupussallawa railway, Kelani Valley Line
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0+0-4-2
- length
- 12.5 m
- weight
- 39.6 t
- nicknames
- Baby Garratt
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5010986, Wikipedia: Ceylon Government Railway H1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.