CGR class S1

Ceylon Government Railways Class S1
In service 1936 - 1955[1]
Manufacturer English Electric
Built at Preston[2]
Scrapped 1955[1]
Number built 3
Number scrapped 3
Fleet numbers 501, 502, 503[3]
Capacity 300[2]
Operator(s) Ceylon Government Railway, Now Sri Lanka Railways
Line(s) served Coastal Line (Sri Lanka)
Specifications
Train length 206 ft 6 in (62.94 m)[2]
Maximum speed 55 mph (89 km/h)[2]
Weight 96.2 t (94.7 long tons; 106.0 short tons)[2]
Prime mover(s) English Electric H6 Type[3]
Power output 2 x 180 hp (130 kW)[3]
Transmission Diesel-electric transmission
Electric system(s) No
AAR wheel arrangement Bo-2+Bo-2+2-Bo+2-Bo[1]
Braking system(s) Vacuum
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Ceylon Government Railway Class S1 is a class of diesel multiple unit train-set built by English Electric for Ceylon Government Railway.

Description

These units arrived Ceylon, Now Sri Lanka in 1938. Three units were given the names Silver Foam (501), Silver Spray (502) and Silver Mist (503). Their inaugural run from Colombo Fort Station to Galle took place on the 25th of February 1938.[3] These train-sets were used only on the Coastal Line (Sri Lanka). These train-sets served CGR for about 19 years and then all train-sets were scrapped in 1955.

In 1955, two diesel locomotives named Class M3 589 and 590 were built locally using the prime movers of scrapped S1 sets.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Suburban Diesel Push-Pull types". Model Railroad Club of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Nalin Abesinghe (April 2012). "Class S1 Self-propelled Articulated Power Coach" [ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මුල්ම බලවේග දුම්රිය]. Lanka Railway Digest (in Sinhala) (Sri Lanka) 1 (1): 16. ISSN 2279-1213. zero width joiner character in |trans_title= at position 3 (help)
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Class S1". Sri Lanka Railways Info Page. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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