DHR B Class

The remaining class members have been either plinthed in various locations in northern India or scrapped.

Of the few in active service, the locomotives 788 'Tusker' and 'Victor' haul trains between Darjeeling to Ghum stations via Batasia loop, quite a few times a day.

[2] Another loco, DHR 780 is kept preserved with two narrow gauge coaches at Eco Park, Rajarhat, as an exhibit.

19B was re-imported to the UK c. 2000 and underwent restoration before spending two decades operating at the Beeches Light Railway.

They were given their current Caledonian blue with white lining after coming into ownership of the Northeast Frontier Railway in 1958.

Darjeeling train in shed. 1979
Preserved DHR 780 with 2 coaches
The front look of the preserved DHR B Class - showing the saddle tank