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Matheran Light Railway Locomotives 1 to 4
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Orenstein & Koppel· from 1905· class of 4 Indian narrown gauge 0-6-0T locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LBNGR MR740 05-09-11: A M Hurrell· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. MLR-741, as Plinthed at Matheran Station: Historical Trains· CC0
- 3. Narrow Gauge Steam Railway, Matheran Hill, Maharashtra, India: Unknown photographer· Public domain
- 4. Railwaylocomotiv20newy-p383-Matheran-leaving-Neral: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 5. Matheran Steam Railway (49421955312): Trainiac from Australia· Public domain
- 6. Train engine at Matheran station: KartikMistry· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
MLR nos. 1-4 were four steam locomotives that operated on the Matheran Hill Railway, supplied by German engineering company Orenstein and Koppel. These locomotives served the railway from its inauguration in 1907, until 1982, when they were withdrawn from service, and completely replaced by diesel locomotives.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 77 years (1905–1982).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1907
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1982
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Orenstein & Koppel
- operators
- Matheran Hill Railway, Central Railway zone
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 15 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q52882732, Wikipedia: Matheran Light Railway Locomotives 1 to 4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.