Travels 2011 – Kolkata (Fleet Overview)

On 3. October 2011 by Webmaster

This my attempt to compile a fleet list of the CTC. I can not say that I am 100% confident that everything shown here is correct. Various sources (most with little details and many omissions and even more remaining questions) have been used. Also my trip to Kolkata in February 2011 has allowed me to make personal oberservations (we visited all depots and I took photos of everything that was somehow captureable – i.e. some stored cars at the back of dark Tollygunge and Kalighat depots escaped me plus a handfull of cars at other depots that were boxed in by other cars. I know not all of the cars contained in the fleet list still survive but I have added fleet numbers of all the cars seen in service or in depots (including Nonapukur workshops) under each “class” heading. Not all the cars seen are “runners” (i.e. some looked like they have not moved in years) but I would not like to classify them as many of the cars actually in service do look like they should not be so… We did see more fibre glass bodies under assembly at Nonapukur workshops but none of them sported any fleet numbers. I could not find any references to cars 560, 588-599 and 660-680; these numbers may well have been left unassigned.

OK, here we go – this list deals with the current fleet (sorted by fleet number):

125 (M2s) “BALAK” CTC19?? (rebuilt from ?)

seen: 125

201-206 (JM6s) “PAYE” CTC1965-67 (trucks and electrical equipment ex Bombay)

seen: 204, 205

207-281 (JM6s) (class code not known) Burn & Co.1982-83 – referred to as “new cars”; no.211 was prototype 601; no.225 burned in depot fire

seen: 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218#, 219, 220#, 221, 222, 224, 226, 227#, 228, 229, 232#, 234, 235#, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 260, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 274, 275, 276, 277#, 278, 279, 280, 281#

282-289 (J6Ms) (class code not known) CTC1950(ca.) – the bodies look like the flat fronted “K” class; some sources list these as 282-299 “new cars” but this can not be right (as no.290 was not seen I can only guess to which class this belongs…)

seen: 282, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289

290-299 (JM6s) (class code not known) Burn & Co.1986-87 – referred to as “new cars”); for no.290 see above

seen: 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298

just for info: 300-306 “J” = retired (one rebuilt into “N”)

307…489 (JM6s) “K” CTC1950(ca.) – about 30 rebuilt with lengthened bodies and tapered ends

seen: 323, 344, 370, 408, 410+, 416+, 427+, 429+, 439, 440, 442+, 449, 455, 456+, 458, 461#, 488
+ these cars have a “tapered” front

435 (JM6s) “SUNDARI” CTC1974 (prototype; rebuilt from “K” no.435)
not (!) seen

490…559 (JM6s) “L” CTC1950(ca.) – some rebuilt with eliptical ends

seen: 490, 492, 497#, 498, 503#, 504, 506#, 507, 514#, 516#, 540, 545#

561-587 (JM6s) “S” CTC1974-76 (trucks and electrical equipment ex Bombay and “K” class)

seen: 561, 562, 563, 568+, 569, 570, 572, 573, 574, 575, 577, 582, 583, 585, 586, 587
+ this car rebuilt as “Heritage Ride” car – now used for private charters

600-659 (JM6s) “N” Burn & Co.1982-83 (trucks and electrical equipment ex “J/K/L@”)

seen: 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605#, 606, 607, 608, 609+, 610, 612, 613, 614, 616, 617#, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 625, 626#, 627, 630, 633, 634, 635, 636#, 637, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 651, 652++, 653, 655++, 656, 658, 659
@ 1 car ex “J”, 35 cars ex “K” and 24 cars ex “L” (all re-numbered into this series)
+ this car with modern front end (resembling Melbourne “B” class – the other car was no. 649 but this was not seen)
++ these cars have a more modern front