The DHR Class No.1s were the the first locomotives built for use on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and were delivered by Sharp Stewart between 1879 and 1880. They were 0-4-0 side tanks equipped with hand and sled brakes, open cabs and spark arresting chimneys, the locomotives were quickly found to be unsuitable for the railway and they were subsequently replaced by an iterative design the Class No.2 0-4-0 Well Tank, better known as the A class. The eight locomotives were sold several at a time to other railway companies, several would be sold to the Dandot Colliery railway in modern day Kashmir, while some would go to Calcutta Tramways Co, All would eventually end up at Dandot Colliery although none are known to have existed past the 1910s.
The second iteration of these locomotives were constructed by Sharp Stewart in 1888 for the Ramal Descalvadense Railway, a short 2ft gauge railway that served the town of Descalvado and the Aurora coffee estate. Paulista de Estradas de Ferro purchased the Descalvadense railway while it was still under construction and the two locomotives built entered CPEF stock as Nos. 950 and 951. No.951 survives into preservation today and is currently undergoing overhaul in Brazil.
Both locomotives are drop on body shells for the Bachmann 0-4-0 Quarry Hunslet and feature appropriate separately fitted details for the builder to apply to their liking. The DHR versions feature separate sandboxes representative of changing positions during their short working life, as well as two chimney variations for work on the DHR or a UK setting. The CPEF version features two chimney variations, as well as separate sand boxes, cab pipework and fuel basket for the rear of the cab.
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