Gharibwal 21/12/1993

Broad gauge, oil fired, steam locomotive at Malakwal station, Pakistan, 21st December 1993


2-of-18) Out of use, broad gauge, oil fired, BESA (British Engineering Standards Association) class SG (Standard Goods) 0-6-0 locomotive, at the end of the branch at Gharibwal, Pakistan, 21st December 1993.

No. 1055 was built by Vulcan Foundry, in 1906 for the North Western Railway, and unlike many other of the SG class was not subsequently upgraded by adding a superheater.
The tender of this weather-worn locomotive carries the faded lettering “P. W. D.” (probably standing for the Punjab Public Works Department) on top of “IRRIGATION DEPTT”.

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