National Railway Museum, Delhi 26/12/1993

Broad gauge, class XG/M-911 2-8-2 steam locomotive, built by Beyer Peacock in 1928 for the North Western Railway, at the National Railway Museum, Delhi, India, 26th December 1993


4-of-12) Broad gauge, class XG/M 2-8-2 no. 911, at the National Railway Museum, Delhi, India, 26th December 1993.

The three locomotives of the XG/M class were originally built as class XG 0-8-0 by Beyer Peacock in 1928 for the North Western Railway.  In 1942/3 they were converted to 2-8-2 to ease the axle load.  No. 911 was used for shunting in hump marshalling yards.

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