‘New’ world’s oldest operational steam loco Uncategorized by railsistem@gmail.com - April 28, 20190 TWO iconic UK-built Indian steam locomotives have returned to steam in recent years. Former East India Railway (EIR) 2-2-2 No. 21 Express, built by Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson in Leeds in 1855 (W/No. 480), has been restored to operational condition. Still in steam aged 164! EIR No. 21 Express after arrival at Kanyakumari with the LCGB special train on February 7. CHRIS LEWIS In 2018 the loco was used for some short demonstration runs in Chennai (formerly Madras), but in February the loco worked a main line special train organised for British enthusiast society the LCGB by TravelPals, which saw it operate a one-coach special train from Nagercoil Junction to the southernmost station in India at Kanyakumari – a 15.2km journey. Read more in the April 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now! Enjoy more of The Railway Magazine reading every month. Click here to subscribe. Share this: Comments comments Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Related Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Google Plus Share Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Share on Digg Share Send email Mail