Ryam Sugar Factory Railway

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Locomotive No 1 is now fully restored and operational at Statfold Barn Railway in England. Statfold Barn Railway - recently restored locomotive (geograph 4530352).jpg
Locomotive No 1 is now fully restored and operational at Statfold Barn Railway in England.

The Ryam Sugar Factory Railway was owned and operated by the Ryam Sugar Factory in Bihar, India.

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History

The Ryam Sugar Factory was incorporated in 1914 as the Tirhut Co-operative Sugar Co Ltd. It was located in a town now known as Raiyam (मैथिली) 15 km north-east of Darbhanga. The factory had two 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway lines operating as a field system, to bring cane into the factory: [1]

Stationary steam engines

In No. 1 Mill stationary steam engine #2619 (1932) by Mirrlees, Watson was used (single cylinder, 24” x 48”, 273 hp, Corliss valves, cost Rs 16000 new). A Nos 2, 3 and 4 Mills stationary steam engine #2423 (1914) by Mirrlees, Watson was installed (single cylinder, 300 hp, piston valves, cost Rs 15000 new). [3]

Locomotives

IdentityWorks NumberTypeGaugeBuilderYear BuiltCurrent OperatorStatusNotesImage
77944657 4-6-0 PT 2 ft (610 mm) [4] Baldwin 1916 Statfold Barn Railway near Tamworth, Staffordshire. [5] Awaiting restoration [6]
60845190 4-6-0 PT 2 ft (610 mm) [4] Baldwin1917 Ffestiniog Railway In Service
No 11586 0-4-0 2 ft (610 mm) [4] Davenport 1917Statfold Barn RailwayOperationalRestored to working order in 2015. Statfold Barn Railway - coming through! (geograph 4907546).jpg
ALPHA1172 0-6-0 PT 2 ft (610 mm) [4] Hudswell Clarke 1922Statfold Barn RailwayOperationalRestored to working order in 2016. [7] Locomotive, Alpha at WLLR -1.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "Ryam Sugar Factory Railway - FIBIwiki". wiki.fibis.org. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  2. 1 2 "Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia". irsshop.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  3. ↑ "Steam Engines in the Indian Sugar Industry by Geoffrey Hill". www.internationalsteam.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Industrial Locomotives: including preserved and minor railway locomotives. Vol. 17EL. Melton Mowbray: Industrial Railway Society. 2015. ISBN   978 1 901556 88 9.
  5. ↑ Little, Lawson (2008). Annual Guide to Narrow Gauge and Miniature Railways in the British Isles and Ireland: 2008. Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
  6. ↑ Historic Military Vehicle Forum. Uploaded on 24 July 2013. Downloaded on 20 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Statfold Barn Railway (2017). Guilde Book & Stock List Update March 2017. Statfold Barn Railway.
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