Madras Port Trust Metre Gauge 0-6-0

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Ian Roberts
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Madras Port Trust Metre Gauge 0-6-0

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Attached are three photos of Madras (now Chennai) Port Trust 0-6-0 No 2 built North British 1904 taken 13th April 1960
The loco was oil burning for work in a fuel depot and was originally built for the Shoranur - Cochin State Railway.
The loco was shunting a mixture of broad (5' 6") and Metre gauged stock using a barrier wagon on the mixed gauge track.
The 1904 builders plate must have been a fairly early use of the combined North British Plate.
I apologise for the extreme shadow on the loco which was a commom problem with the original Kodachrome available 50 years ago.
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Side View
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Taken from the top of the oil tank over the cab
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North British Builders Plate
Ian
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