017994E Ind_32 Deucaville Steam locomotive, one of a batch of 36 bought 1902-1906 for use on the North West Frontier lines.
Most were sent to Mesopotania in WW1. Some kept in India for sapper traimimg. This loco came from the Madras Engineering Terirorial group of Bangalore. . Usd on the Decauville Railway on North Western Frontier 2-4-2ST steam locomotive, “Decauville” 2' 6” gauge, built Bagnalls 1903 works no 1707. Has arried the name Primrose and Decauville. Next to loco is the Kalka Simla Insoection Railcar built by Wickham & Co UK in 1931 Delhi, National Railway Museum. 28 October 2000