Ceylon Government Railways Class B1 engine 242

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(Sri Lanka Railways) Ceylon Government Railways (CGR) Class B1 engine 242

Ceylon Government Railways Dream of a “High Speed Train”

Description:

Builder: Beyer Peacock

Streamlining: completed at the Ratmalana factory in 1936

Water Tank Capacity: 3300 (gal)

Fuel: Oil fired

Length: 58 feet 7 ½ inches

Boiler Pressure: 160 psi

Top Speed: 60mph

Name plates: Sir Edward Paget

Engine Livery: painted in all Gulf Red to match the Gulf Red CGR carriages that was pulled by this engine.

In 1936 streamlining of engine 242 was completed at the Ratmalana factory, the engine was used for trains running from Colombo to Galle on the Coastal Railway line from March of 1936 to March of 1937. 

In 1937 it was realised that the track conditions were not suitable for that of high speed running along with the fact that the Class B1 struggled to run faster than 60mph, the Department of Railways then made the decision to remove the streamlining from engine 242, the distance covered at that time was 20,000 miles in its streamlined form.