Travels 2011 – Kolkata (Fleet Overview)

Updated DEC 2020 with the help of the excellent fleet list supplied by Sagnik Gupta (Thank you!)

This my attempt to compile a fleet list of the CTC. Various sources have been used. 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 by camera – 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 tightly 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 yet. Cars 1-192 “M” (2x motor with permanently coupled 2x trailer – rebuilt from earlier models) were scrapped a long time ago. The following numbers were left unassigned: 193-200, 300, 560, 588-599, 660-680.

125 (2x) “BALAKA” CTC1924 (rebuilt from RS4) – seen

201-206 (6x) “PAYE” CTC1965-67 (trucks and electrical equipment ex Bombay) – seen: 204/5 – 204 since in a museum in Gurgaon near Delhi

207-281 (6x) “N” Burnstandard1982-3 – 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# (# = these cars have received a new fibre body, only 218 with body by BEBCO – photo see further down this page / * = since rebuilt into 4x tram 252-1 and 252-2) – 218 has since been fitted out as the VICTORIA TRAMCAR RESTAURANT – 258 has since received new paneling on top of the original body for various PR contracts and is currently the mobile ART GALLERY – 253 and 255 since each converted to single four axle tram

282-289 (6x) (no class code used) CTC1950 – seen: 282, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289

290-299 (6x) “N” Burnstandard1986-7 – seen: 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298

301-306 “J” = retired cars

307-489 (6x) “K” EnglishElectric1931, CTC1932, Burnstandard1933-6, Jessop1938-9 – seen: 323, 344, 370, 408, 410+, 416+, 427+, 429+, 439, 440, 442+, 449, 455, 456+, 458, 461#, 488 (+ = tapered front)

490-559 (6x) “L” or “HATIGARI (ELEPHANT CAR)” CTC1942-51 (some rebuilt with eliptical ends) – seen: 490, 492, 497#, 498, 503#, 504, 506#, 507, 514#, 516#, 540, 545# (# = these cars have received a new fibre body)

561-587 (6x) “SUNDARI” CTC1974-6 (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 “BONOLOTA” – later used for private hires/charters and now PAAT RAANI Tram)

600-659 (6x) “N” Burnstandard1983 (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 (+ = modern front resembling Melbourne “B” class – the other car was 649 but this was not seen / ++ = these cars have a more modern front / # = these cars have received a new fibre body) – 615 since rebuilt into two 4x trams 615-1 and 615-2 and 630 into 630-A and 630-B and 645 into 645-A and 645-B / 622 since rebuilt into single 4x car and then recently fitted out as “AC library“)

681-700 (6x) “N” Jessop1986 – seen: 681, 684, 685, 686, 687, 690, 691, 692, 694, 695#, 696, 697, 700 (# = these cars have received a new fibre body)

701-725 (6x) “N” Burnstandard1988 – seen: 701, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 711, 713, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 722, 723, 724, 725 – 702 since rebuilt into two 4x trams 702-1 and 702-B (both non-AC)

some of the recently rebuilt cars:

Links to photos of the new four axle cars: 250-1, 250-2, 253, 255, 615-1, 615-2, 622, 630-A, 630-B, 645-A, 645-B, 702-1, 702-2

Workscars:

old FW1 Flat Wagon (2x) – ex 43 – scrapped (the photo is from our archive and not from the 2011 trip – copyright C.M Jackson)

FW2 Flat Wagon (2x) – seen

old FW3 Flat Wagon (2x) – seen (when a new Flat Wagon was constructed from a Sundari class car this car shown here was renumbered FW1)

new FW3 Flat Wagon (6x) – ex SUNDARI 583 – was built, after our 2011 visit
a photo can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/guy_arab_uf/40587276632/

HWC Water Car “HOWRAH” (2x) – seen

IW1 Inspection Wagon (2x) – scrapped (no photo, sorry)

IW2 Inspection Wagon 2 (2x) – seen

RS1 Rail Scrubber (2x) CTC1918 – seen

RS2 Rail Scrubber (2x) CTC1919 – not seen (the photo is from our archive and not from the 2011 trip – copyright C.M. Jackson – we also see the Drinking Water trailer behind that often ran with TC2)

RS3 Rail Scrubber (2x) CTC1924 – seen

RS4 Rail Scrubber (2x) CTC1924 – converted to “BALAKA” 125 – seen (see top of page)

SC1 Staff Car (6x) – seen

SC2 Staff Car 2 (6x) “K” – seen

SC3 Staff Car (6x) “K” –since scrapped

SC4 Staff Car (6x) “K” – seen

SC5 Staff Car (6x) “L” – seen (since rebuilt into “SMARAMIKA” 142 mobile tram museum parked at Esplanade – a photo can be found here: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMQx8LnYEimbStv-O4bQdQyKGiMfvBt26bmH0u-=s1600-w1440)

SC6 Staff Car (6x) “L” – seen (since restored to “GITANJALI” 498 – photos can be found here: https://www.prokerala.com/news/photos/kolkata-gitanjali-tram-a-tribute-to-rabindranath-tagore-29062.html)

TC1 Training Car (2x) “M ex B” – scrapped (no photo, sorry)

TC2 Training Car (2x) “M ex B” – with drinking water trailer – both scrapped (the photo is from our archive and not from the 2011 trip – copyright C.M. Jackson)

TC3 Training Car (2+2x) “M ex B” – scrapped (no photo, sorry)

TWC Tower Wagon (2x) – scrapped 
a photo can be found here: https://tdu.to/i/29811

Flat Cars (trailers) (two; not numbered) (2x) – both since scrapped

Having problems reading those Bengali numerals?