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{{Infobox locomotive
| name = DHR A Class
| powertype = Steam
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| builder = {{ubl|[[Sharp, Stewart & Co.]]|[[Hunslet Engine Company|Hunslet]]}}
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| whytetype = {{Whyte|0-4-0|WT}}
| uicclass = B n2t
| gauge = {{Track gauge|2ft}}
| driverdiameter = {{convert|26|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
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| superheatertype = None
| cylindercount = Two, outside
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| operator = {{ubl|[[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway]]|→ [[Indian Railways]]}}
| operatorclass = DHR A Class
| powerclass =
| numinclass = 8
| fleetnumbers = 9–16
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| locale = [[West Bengal]], India
| deliverydate =
| firstrundate = 1881
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| withdrawndate = {{enddate|1954}}
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| disposition = All scrapped, frames of one of these kept at Tindharia
| notes = {{sfn|Hughes|1994|pp=34–37}}
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The '''DHR A Class''' was a class of {{Track gauge|2ft}} gauge {{Whyte|0-4-0|WT}} [[Tank locomotive#Well tank|well tank]] [[steam locomotive]]s used on the [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway]] (DHR) in [[West Bengal]], India.{{sfn|Hughes|1994|pp=34–37}} It was the DHR's first standard design of locomotive.{{sfn|Reed|1972|p=}}

==Service history==
A total of eight A Class locomotives served on the DHR. The first two, nos. 9 and 10, were built by [[Sharp, Stewart & Co.]] in 1881. The next four, nos. 11 to 14, were built the following year by [[Hunslet Engine Company|Hunslet]], although Sharp Stewart supplied the wheel centre forgings, chimney bases, all iron and brass castings and finished injectors. The final two members of the class, nos. 15 and 16, were built by Sharp, Stewart in 1883.{{sfn|Hughes|1994|p=34}}

With the exception of numbers 9 and 10, all had been withdrawn from service by 1911.<ref name=irfca>{{cite web|last1=Vardhan|first1=Harsh|title=IRFCA|url=http://www.irfca.org/index.html|website=[http://www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html/ Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Steam Locomotive List]|access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> Number 10 was withdrawn in 1944<ref name=irfca/> while in 1948 no 9 passed into the ownership of the Indian government, along with 34 [[DHR B Class|B Class]] engines.<ref name="dt 2011-05-20">{{cite news|last1=Subba|first1=Nayan|title=The last days of the 'Fairy Queen'|url=http://darjeelingtimes.com/archive/opinions/political/2811-the-last-days-of-the-fairy-queen.html|access-date=3 November 2014|work=[http://darjeelingtimes.com/ Darjeeling Times]|date=20 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103165810/http://darjeelingtimes.com/archive/opinions/political/2811-the-last-days-of-the-fairy-queen.html|archive-date=3 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was withdrawn in 1954.{{sfn|Reed|1972|p=}}{{sfn|Hughes|1994|p=36}}

==Livery==
All members of the class were painted DHR green throughout their time in service.{{sfn|Reed|1972|p=}}

==Preservation==
Only the frames of one A class were saved following withdrawal, these are kept at [[Tindharia]].<ref name=irfca/>

==See also==

*[[History of rail transport in India]]
*[[Indian Railways]]
*[[Locomotives of India]]
*[[Rail transport in India]]

==References==
===Notes===
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
*{{Hughes-IndianLocos3}}
*{{cite book|last1=Reed|first1=Brian|title=Darjeeling Tanks|series=Loco Profile 23|date=1972|publisher=Profile Publications|location=Windsor, UK|oclc=498607897|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loco-Profile-23-Darjeeling-Tanks/dp/B001A4IEDA}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{commonscat-inline|DHR A Class}}

{{Narrow gauge locomotives of India|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Hunslet locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1881]]
[[Category:Steam locomotives of India]]
[[Category:Sharp Stewart locomotives]]
[[Category:0-4-0WT locomotives]]
[[Category:2 ft gauge locomotives]]
[[Category:Scrapped locomotives]]
[[Category:Mixed traffic locomotives]]

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