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GIP-2 to 9
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1851· class of eight 2-4-0 locomotives in British India
what is it?
The GIP-2 to 9 were 8 locomotives produced by Vulcan Foundry in 1851, to operate on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway's line from Bombay to Tannah (now Thane). Three of these would reportedly pull India's first Train from Bori Bunder to Tannah on 16 April 1853. The 2-4-0 type tender locomotives were ordered by the GIPR to operate on the first railway line in India.
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 175 years ago, in 1851.
- Served for 13 years (1852–1865).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1851
- in service from
- 1852
- retired
- 1865
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Great Indian Peninsula Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q120912937, Wikipedia: GIP-2 to 9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.