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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox locomotive<br />
| name = MLR nos. 1-4<br />
| image = LBNGR MR740 05-09-11.jpeg<br />
| caption = MLR no.740<br />
| powertype = Steam<br />
| builder = [[Orenstein & Koppel]]<br />
| serialnumber = 1766, 2342, 2343, 1777<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52882732|title=Matheran Light Railway 1 to 4|website=www.wikidata.org}}</ref>{{sfn|Hughes|1994|p=55}}<br />
| builddate = 1905,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcarter/5732318612/|title=Matheran|date=June 20, 2018|via=Flickr}}</ref>{{sfn|Hughes|1994|p=55}} 1907{{sfn|Hughes|1994|p=55}}<br />
| totalproduction = 4<br />
| whytetype = {{whyte|0-6-0|T}}<br />
| gauge = {{track gauge|2ft}}<br />
| driverdiameter = {{convert|30|in|m|3|abbr=on}}<br />
| locoweight = 15 tons (empty), 17 tons (working)<br />
| fueltype = <br />
| fuelcap = <br />
| watercap = {{convert|450|impgal|abbr=on}}<br />
| firearea = {{convert|7|sqft|m2|2|abbr=on}}<br />
| boilerpressure = 176 psi<br />
| totalsurface = {{convert|452|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}<br />
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aE40AQAAMAAJ | title=Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage & Wagon Review | date=1907 | publisher=Locomotive Publishing Company }}</ref><br />
| cylindercount = 2<br />
| cylindersize = {{convert|11.81|x|13.78|in|mm|abbr=on}}<br />
| maxspeed = <br />
| tractiveeffort = {{convert|81101|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}} at 85% boiler pressure <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irps-wl.org.uk/232-mlr|title=Matheran Light Railway 740 - IRPS Night Mail|website=www.irps-wl.org.uk}}</ref><br />
| operator = [[Matheran Hill Railway]]<br />
| fleetnumbers = MLR 1-4 (original){{sfn|Hughes|1996|p=68}}<br>MLR 738-741 (All-India numbers){{sfn|Hughes|1996|p=68}}<br />
| firstrundate = 1907<br />
| retiredate = 1982<br />
| disposition = All four preserved<br />
}}<br />
'''MLR nos. 1-4''' were four steam locomotives that operated on the [[Matheran Hill Railway]], supplied by German engineering company [[Orenstein and Koppel]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/railwaylocomotiv20newy |title=Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock |date=1901 |publisher=New York : A. Sinclair Co |others=Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh |pages=383}}</ref> These locomotives served the railway from its inauguration in 1907, until 1982, when they were withdrawn from service, and completely replaced by diesel locomotives.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Matheran Light Railway 740 - IRPS Night Mail |url=http://www.irps-wl.org.uk/232-mlr |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.irps-wl.org.uk}}</ref><br />
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To navigate the tight curves on the MLR, the locomotives were fitted with an articulated wheel design, based on a patent by one John Clark in 1870.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aE40AQAAMAAJ |title=Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage & Wagon Review |date=1907 |publisher=Locomotive Publishing Company |pages=49 |language=en}}</ref> The design allowed for the rods to remain parallel to the engine at all times, while the wheels would follow the track's curves.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/railwaylocomotiv20newy |title=Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock |date=1901 |publisher=New York : A. Sinclair Co |others=Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh}}</ref> The driving axles were [[Klien-Lindner axle|Klien-Lindners]].<br />
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The locomotives served on the line exclusively until 1965, when diesel traction was introduced on the line. Eventually, the four engines were retired in 1982,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matheran Light Railway 740 - IRPS Night Mail |url=http://www.irps-wl.org.uk/232-mlr |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.irps-wl.org.uk}}</ref> with all of them preserved at various locations.<br />
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== Preserved examples ==<br />
Out of the four Locomotives, only three remain in India, while the fourth has been transported to the UK in 1986, where it passed through multiple owners.<br />
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No.738 is plinthed at a mini-garden near the premises of the [[Neral Junction railway station|Neral Toy Train station]]. No. 739 is situated at [[National Rail Museum, New Delhi|National Rail Museum]], New Delhi, while No. 741 is plinthed within the yard premises of [[Matheran railway station|Matheran Railway Station]]. No.740 was the locomotive ferried to UK, and was acquired by Amberley Chalk Pits Museum. It was then overhauled to working order. Between 2003 and 2008, it was on service on [[Leighton Buzzard Light Railway|Leighton Buzzard Railway]] After a period at the [[South Tynedale Railway]] it was sold to the [https://darnall.org.uk/Matheran740/ Darnall Locomotive and Railway Heritage Trust].<ref name="auto"/><gallery heights="115"><br />
File:MNR-Delhi-Orenstein-Koppel-MLR-739.JPG|Locomotive MLR-739<br />
File:LBNGR_MR740_05-09-11.jpeg|Locomotive MLR-740<br />
File:Locomotive_MLR-741ː_Front_view.jpg|Locomotive MLR-741<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Railwaylocomotiv20newy-p383-Matheran-leaving-Neral.jpg|A Train departing Neral station: Sometime between 1904 and 1907<br />
File:Narrow Gauge Steam Railway, Matheran Hill, Maharashtra, India.jpg|Photo of one of the locomotives on a train, around 1910<br />
File:740-at-Amberley-Chalk-Pits.jpg| MLR 740 at the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum<br />
File:MLR-741, as Plinthed at Matheran Station.jpg|MLR 741 plinthed at Matheran<br />
File:MLR-741ː Interior.jpg|Interior of the Locomotive<br />
File:Plaque for MLR-741.jpg|A plaque on the plinth of MLR no. 741<br />
File:Railwaylocomotiv20newy-p382-ML-class-articulation.jpg|Diagram of the articulation mechanism<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
*{{Hughes-IndianLocos3}}<br />
*{{Hughes-IndianLocos4}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{commons category|Matheran Light Railway 1 to 4 → CR 738–741}}<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=aE40AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48 Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage & Wagon Review, Volume 13- 1907] See pg 48 for an article on Matheran Railway<br />
* [[iarchive:railwaylocomotiv20newy/page/382/mode/2up|Railway and locomotive engineering]] See pg 383.<br />
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/49044461791/in/photostream/ MLR no.2 (O&K 2342) and train: Postcard]<br />
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcarter/5732318612/ MLR 738 navigating a curve on MLR, 1978]<br />
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/asienman/16166649345 Interior view of MLR 739, at NRM]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeUugjvoC8&list=WL&index=2&t=194s Old Footage of the Matheran Railway in 1975] Shows the Steam locomotives in action on the railway. Timestamps:(3:14-6:35)<br />
* [https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/mlr/ IRFCA Photo Gallery of MLR class Locomotives]<br />
* Page for [https://darnall.org.uk/Matheran740/ MLR 740] at Darnall Locomotive and Railway Heritage Trust's website. Contains updates and images of the ongoing restoration works.<br />
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{{Narrow gauge locomotives of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Steam locomotives of India]]<br />
[[Category:0-6-0T locomotives]]<br />
[[Category:Orenstein & Koppel locomotives]]<br />
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1905]]<br />
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