Ceylon Government Railway S1

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Ceylon Government Railway S1
Stock type Diesel Multiple Unit
In service1936–1955 [1]
Manufacturer English Electric
Built at Preston [2]
Entered service1936
Scrapped1955 [1]
Number built3
Number preserved0
Number scrapped3
Fleet numbers501-503 [3]
Capacity300 [2]
OperatorsCeylon Government Railway (now Sri Lanka Railways)
Lines served Coastal Line
Specifications
Train length206 ft 6 in (62.94 m) [2]
Maximum speed55 mph (89 km/h) [2]
Weight96.2 t (94.7 long tons; 106.0 short tons) [2]
Prime mover(s) English Electric H6 Type [3]
Power output2 x 180 hp (130 kW) [3]
Transmission Diesel-electric transmission
Electric system(s) No
AAR wheel arrangement Bo-2+Bo-2+2-Bo+2-Bo [1]
Braking system(s) Vacuum
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Ceylon Government RailwayS1 was a class of Diesel multiple unit train sets built by English Electric for the Ceylon Government Railway.

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Description

These units arrived Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1938. Only three units were ever built, and they were given the names Silver Foam (501), Silver Spray (502) and Silver Mist (503). Their inaugural run from Colombo Fort Station to Galle took place on 25 February 1938. [3] These train sets were used only on the Coastal Line.

They served the Ceylon Government Railway for around 19 years before being withdrawn and scrapped in 1955. Later that year, two diesel locomotives classified as the Class M3 Nos. 589 and 590 were built locally using the prime movers of the scrapped S1 sets.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Suburban Diesel Push-Pull types". Model Railroad Club of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Nalin Abesinghe (April 2012). "Class S1 Self-propelled Articulated Power Coach" [ශ්‍රී ලකාවේ මුල්ම බලවේග දුම්රිය]. Lanka Railway Digest (in Sinhala). 1 (1). Sri Lanka: 16. ISSN   2279-1213.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Class S1". Sri Lanka Railways Info Page. Retrieved 20 August 2014.