Other than diesels, were there other internal-combustion locos used in India?

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Other than diesels, were there other internal-combustion locos used in India?

June 20, 2019, 10:56 AM

For contemporary applications, see the section on alternative fuels.

In 1905 Kerr Stuart delivered a 12hp 0-4-0 petrol-driven 2’6″ loco to Morvi Railway and Tramways.

In 1909, a railcar with a Dodge petrol engine was supplied to the Matheran Light Rly.

In 1909, a 0-6-0 petrol-driven MG loco was supplied by McEwewn Pratt and Co. of Wickford in Essex to Assam Oil Co. In 1910, Morvi Railway and Tramways obtained a 30hp 0-4-0 petrol-driven 2’6″ loco from Nasmyth Wilson. In 1910 and 1911, a few petrol-driven parcel delivery vehicles were supplied to EIR by Thornycroft. Another 13 petrol-driven locos were delivered by various builders up to 1920, and a further 75 between 1920 and 1930. Their use started declining after that, and only 27 more were ordered later (until 1940).

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Some petrol-driven railcars were built by the Motor Rail and Tram Co., Ltd., and supplied to the South Indian Rly. in 1925. Their engines were rated 65bhp at 1000rpm; a railcar seated 85. They were refitted with diesel engines in the late 1930s.

The Shahdara-Saharanpur 2’6″ Light Railway had a petrol railcar supplied by D Wickham Co. in 1935.

A Brookville petrol locomotive was used by the Matheran Light Railway in 1928. Two railcars (one seating 8, the other seating 14) with Dodge petrol engines and chain drives were also used by this railway (1909, 1927).

Three alcohol-fuelled MG locos with mechanical transmissions were supplied by Davenport Locomotive Works (Iowa, USA) to some unknown Indian industrial concern in 1949.

Source – IFRCA.org

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