{"id":289,"date":"2008-04-22T22:33:31","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T21:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccgi.ajg41.plus.com\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2012-09-07T20:12:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T20:12:43","slug":"steamlocomotives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/steamlocomotives\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam locomotives in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-mcarthur282.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"272\" alt=\"[Steam train in Iraq]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nWhile the <a href=\"\/iraq\/diesellocomotives\/\">diesel locomotive<\/a> coverage on this website is fairly comprehensive, the historic steam locomotives below are just a random selection which I have found photos of.<\/p>\n<p>The book <cite>Middle East Railways<\/cite> by Hugh Hughes has detailed listings of steam engines (though I can&#8217;t see any Sentinels). And no, there aren&#8217;t any steam locos still in use in Iraq!\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThere is a selection of interesting photos showing lots of <a href=\"http:\/\/gwrarchive.org\/site\/sitel2pg\/Iraq\/sg\/sg.php\">standard gauge<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/gwrarchive.org\/site\/sitel2pg\/Iraq\/ng\/ng.php\">metre-gauge steam locos<\/a> (and some diesels) on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gwrarchive.org\/site\/sitel2pg\/Iraq\/iraq.php\">Iraq section<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/gwrarchive.org\">Restoration &amp; Archiving Trust<\/a> website.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTables of &#8220;standard&#8221; steam locomotive classes in Iraq:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.math.iastate.edu\/jdhsmith\/term\/sliqisr.htm\">Standard gauge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.math.iastate.edu\/jdhsmith\/term\/sliqisrm.htm\">Metre gauge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><h3>Standard gauge locomotives<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-steam-loco-baghdad-20110925-dave_james-web.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No 405, Borsig 8480\/1912 (built as an 0-6-0T) outside Baghdad Central station.\n<\/p>\n<h4>Class PC<\/h4>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-rsh462.jpg\" alt=\"[Steam loco]\" width=\"255\" height=\"382\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"footnote\">Photo: Railway Gazette International<\/span><br \/>\nIn 1951 Mosul to Baghdad standard gauge air-conditioned sleeping car train approaching Baghdad West hauled by a streamlined PC class 4-6-2 built by Robert Stephenson &amp; Hawthorne. The Restoration &amp; Archiving Trust has some <a href=\"http:\/\/gwrarchive.org\/site\/sitel2pg\/Iraq\/sg\/sg.php\">colour photos<\/a> of these magnificent locos\n<\/p>\n<h4>Class TD (British 8F)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-8f.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-8f-small.jpg\" alt=\"[Photo of a derelict 8F steam locomotive in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003]\" width=\"450\" title=\"8F steam locomotive in Baghdad, Iraq (Photo: Gordon Mott, 2003).\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nAn British-built 8F, similar to those used in the UK and around the world, has survived in Baghdad. It is being <q>protected pending a decision on what will be done with it<\/q>. The December 2003 issue of <cite>Steam Railway<\/cite> magazine mentions this 8F in a compound near Baghdad. <cite>Preserved Locomotives of British Railways<\/cite> (Fox &amp; Hall, eighth edition 1993) suggests it is former War Department 8F no.547, built by North British Locomotive Co as works no.24740 of 1941 which became IRR no.1429.\n<\/p>\n<h4>Class TE<\/h4>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-te-krupp280.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-te-krupp280.jpg\" width=\"450\" alt=\"[Steam loco]\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"footnote\">Photo: Railway Gazette International<\/span><br \/>\nKrupp TE-class 2-8-0 on a Baghdad &#8211; Mosul train.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Metre gauge locomotives<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-mcarthur282.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"272\" alt=\"[Steam loco]\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"footnote\">Photo: Railway Gazette International<\/span><br \/>\nBaghdad &#8211; Basra metre-gauge mail train leaving Baghdad West hauled by 2-8-2 American-built Mcarthur loco. The last vehicle is the through coach to Nairiyah.<\/p>\n<h4>Class Y 2-8-2<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enuii.org\/vulcan_foundry\/photographs\/locomotives\/Publicity\/Iraqi%20State%20Railways.pdf\">Manufacturer&#8217;s publicity brochure<\/a>, from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enuii.org\/vulcan_foundry\/photographs\/pictorial_loco_list.htm\">Vulcan Foundry<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<h4>Class Z 2-8-2<\/h4>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-z-282-ferrostaal.jpg\" width=\"450\" alt=\"[Steam loco]\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"footnote\">Photo: Railway Gazette International<\/span><br \/>\nMetre-gauge 2-8-2 Z-class oil fired loco, one of 20 supplied by Ferrostaal AG of Essen.\n<\/p>\n<h4>0-6-6-0<\/h4>\n<p>\n47 Baldwin 3ft 6in gauge <a href=\"http:\/\/loggingmallets.railfan.net\/export\/exportlist.htm\">Malletts<\/a> were built in 1917-18 for Russia&#8217;s Archangel Railway, but owing to the Russian Revolution these were diverted to British War Department, and most were used in Iraq.\n<\/p>\n<h4>Sentinel<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-shalschialoco.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/rail\/iq-shalschialoco.jpg\" alt=\"[Sentinel shunting loco on a plinth]\" width=\"450\" title=\"Photo of the Sentinel by Gordon Mott, 2003.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nA plinthed Sentinel shunter survives at a railway workshop (Photo: G Mott, 2003).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the diesel locomotive coverage on this website is fairly comprehensive, the historic steam locomotives below are just a random selection which I have found photos of. The book Middle East Railways by Hugh Hughes has detailed listings of steam engines (though I can&#8217;t see any Sentinels). And no, there aren&#8217;t any steam locos still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2348,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions\/2348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}