Surviving Steam Rollers (and other Road Engines) in India
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Derek Rayner has a passion for steam rollers and, in fact, anything powered by steam. He has compiled the following list of known surviving steam rollers in India and would very much welcome additions (preferably with photographs). Please send me an email at the address at the foot of the page and I will forward it to him immediately. Actually that request extends to any steam roller (or steam road engine) not shown on these pages.
This list was last amended on 19th April 2017 with a Marshall portable at Howrah, 17th March 2017 with two rollers in Madhya Pradesh, 26th January 2016 with entry 27, previously on 11th October 2015 with the relocation of entry 14.
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Steam Rollers
| Place | State | Location | Maker | Size /Type | Works No. | Date | Customer | ||
| 1 |
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Kolkata | West Bengal | Lake Park | Aveling-Barford | 8ton single - T type | U/I | Not Known | Not Known |
| 2 |
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Kolkata | West Bengal | Birla Technical Museum | Garrett | 8ton single | 27251 | 13-Oct-1908 | Burn & Co, Calcutta |
| 3 |
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Kolkata | West Bengal | Birla Technical Museum | Marshall | 10ton single | 78863 | 26-Feb-1925 | J&H Marshall & Partners, Calcutta |
| 4 |
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Kolkata | West Bengal | Howrah Railway Museum | Garrett | 9ton single | 28417 | 31-Aug-1910 | Burn & Co, Calcutta |
| 5 |
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Siliguri | West Bengal | PWD Main Offices (5) | Aveling & Porter | 10ton single | 7756 | 17-Feb-1912 | Barnes Bros, Trowbridge |
| 6 |
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Siliguri | West Bengal | PWD Bungalow | Aveling-Barford | 6ton single - R type | AG 753 | 31-Jan-1947 | ISD, Calcutta (6) |
| 7 |
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Malbazar | West Bengal | PWD Bungalow | Aveling & Porter | 10ton single | 3569 | 17-Jul-1895 | A & H Rutty, Bromley by Bow |
| 8 |
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Coochbehar | West Bengal | PWD Main Offices | Marshall | 10ton single | U/I | Not Known | Not Known |
| 9 |
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Jalpaiguri | West Bengal | PWD Depot | Fowler | 8ton single | U/I | Not Known | Not Known |
| 10 |
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Burdwan (10a) | West Bengal | nr Railway Station | Garrett | 10ton single | U/I | pre-1905/6 | Burn & Co, Calcutta (10b) |
| 11 |
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Dehradun | Uttarakhand | Main street nr clock tower | Fowler | 14ton comp - D5 type | 16359 | 22-Feb-1927 | John Fowler, Bombay
Click here for more pictures from Harry Liddle |
| 12 |
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Mhow | Madhya Pradesh | Main street | Aveling & Porter | 12ton pv single - G type | 10442 | 30-Oct-1922 | J Birch & Co Ltd, London |
| 13 |
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Navsari | Gujarat | nr Railway Station | Aveling & Porter | 8ton single | 7192 | 17-Oct-1910 | J Birch & Co Ltd, London Wall |
| 14 |
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Bandra Terminus | Mumbai | Railway Station | Tata-Marshall | 8-10ton single | 126 | (14) 14-12-1948 | ISD, formerly at Valsad (picture left) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Railway_zone Picture |
| 15 |
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Ferozepur Cantt | Punjab | PWD Depot (former location) | Aveling & Porter | 6ton single (i/flywheel) | 6465 | 29-Feb-1908 | India Office, Karachi |
| 15a |
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Ferozepur Cantt | Punjab | DRM's office near Railway Station (new location) | Aveling & Porter | 6ton single (i/flywheel) | 6465 | 29-Feb-1908 | India Office, Karachi |
| 16 |
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Gorakphur | Uttar Pradesh | Railway Museum | Aveling -Barford | Click here for more pictures from Harry Liddle. | |||
| 17 |
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Dungarpur | Rajasthan | Dungarpur Mews Transport Museum | Marshall | S-type single cylinder | 82745 | 1927 | http://udaibilaspalace.com |
| 18 |  |
Monghyr (18) | Bihar | On road from town centre to the ghats, just beyond the gate through the walls, on the left. | Aveling-Barford | 6ton (?) single - R type | U/I | Not Known | Not Known |
| 19 |  |
Rewari | Haryana | Railway Museum | Fowler | 10ton DNA single | 16935 | 1926 | JF, Bombay |
| 20. |  |
Nagpur | Maharashtra | PWD Office Sankul, Nagpur North side of Civil Line Road | Fowler | 10 ton DN1 compound | 16354 | 1924 | JF, Bombay |
| 21 |  |
Chandrapur | Maharashtra | ? | Ruston & Hornsby | Not known | |||
| 51 |  |
Mettupalayam | Tamil Nadu | Park between the bus and railway stations | Marshall | 6 ton compound S type | 85076 | 1928 | Incomplete (Thanks also to Michael Stokes for finding this one) Despatched from Gainsborough to Marshall's Madras office on 10th October 1929 (thanks to Robert Crawford for additional information.) |
| 52 |  |
Moradabad | Uttar Pradesh | Inspector of Works, Railway Area | Tata Marshall | 1949 | |||
| 53 |  |
Moradabad | Uttar Pradesh | Rajghat Narora | Aveling-Barford | "Remote station on Moradabad -Chandausi -Aligarh section' | |||
| 54 |  |
Salem | Tamil Nadu | Sri Krishna Rajendra Chattiram, corporation office in Arisipalayam | Fowler | Incomplete Story in the Hindu, 27th April 2015 |
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| 55 | Satpura | Madhya Pradesh | Satpura Tiger Reserve | Tata Marshall | Pictures on Panoramio | ||||
| 56 | Seoni | Madhya Pradesh | Opposite Circuit House | Marshall | Pictures on Panoramio |
Notes:
5 - PWD - Public Works Department
6 - India Stores Department
10a - Also known as Bhardamann
10b - Assumed from Garrett's records
14 - Date of Acceptance
18 - Also known as Munger.
Other Miscellaneous Road Engines
| Place | State | Location | Maker | Size /Type | Works No. | Date | Customer | ||
| 22. |  |
near Ajmer | Rajasthan | See note below | Marshall | 77282 | 1924 | ||
| 23 |  |
Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Railway Museum | Fowler | AA7 Class Ploughing | 15613 | 1921 | |
| 24 |  |
Mumbai | Maharashtra | Nehru Science Museum | Sentinel | 'Super' model | 6954 | ||
| 25 |  |
near Chandigarh | Punjab | Pinjore Gardens, 10 miles north | Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies |
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Click for more pictures | ||
| 26 | Rajahmundry | Andra Pradesh | Cotton Museum, Dowleswaram | (Ruston and Hornsby?) | Click for picture | ||||
| 27 |  |
Sukna (Mohurgong) | West Bengal | See note below. | Ransomes, Head and Jefferies | 5700 | ca 1884 | ||
| 28 |  |
Bangalore | Karnataka |
Visvesvarya Museum |
Sentinel (Alley & MacLellan) | 'Standard' model | 1496 | 1917 | Click
for first picture
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| 29 |  |
Kolkata | West Bengal | Howrah Railway Museum | Marshall | Portable |
22. In a small holding near a main road. A portable together with two 'locomotive style' boilers probably used to power a stationary engine.
23. This engine was confirmed as No 15613 during a visit in January 2013. Fowler AA7 ploughing engine No 15613, fitted with double speed ploughing gear and a 600 yard drum was paired with 15612 and despatched from Fowlers at Leeds on 19th September 1921, against an order (number 1451) from John Fowler, Bombay. They were delivered for a contract for Sarda [Sharda] Canals, India. In 1980, 15613 from this pair was noted by a visitor to the Railway Works at Perambur, Madras.
24. Despatched from Shrewsbury in April 1927. It was exported to agents William Jacks & Co and both their plates and the works plates are still on the wagon's cab. It was owned by Mazagon Docks Ltd and said to have been used to haul ships into a dry dock there.
25. Portable engine.
27. This engine may well be the one on a tea plantation close to Sukna on the DHR, first station out of Siliguri going north and adjacent to and visible from the Hill Cart Road.
28. It was owned by Mazagon Docks Ltd
Engines for which further information and pictures would be appreciated!
| a | Karnataka | Marshall | 10 ton single [?] | 74681 | 1921 | (a) | |||
| b | Click for picture | Pune | Maharashtra | College of Military Engineering, Dapodi | Marshall | (b) | |||
| c | Calcutta (?) | West Bengal | Sentinel | 'Super' model | ca 5617 | (c) | |||
| d | Mumbai (?) | Maharashtra | Sentinel | 'Standard' model | 1379 | 1916 | (d) |
Notes:
a. Steam roller, for sale, see http://www.r-r-a.org.uk/, October 2010 and http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vintage-cars-classics-india/26996-classics-available-purchase-155.html
b. Portable engine
c. 1924 Jamshedpur, Tata, at TISCO in 1985 and then to R. C. Agarwal, Calcutta. No recent reports...
d. It was owned by Mazagon Docks Ltd, last reported in 'Mumbai City Museum', 1962