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Scrap line at the locomotive depot in Malakwal. Centre stage is standard Goods Superheated (SGS) 0-6-0 2428.

Although diesels were beginning to appear in the area the environs of Malakwal were one of the strongholds of steam in Pakistan in 1992. There was a distinctly Edwardian feel to the motive power which comprised SPS (Standard Passenger Superheated 4-4-0) and SGS (Standard Goods Superheated 0-6-0) oil fired locomotives. Here (Vulcan Foundry built 1911, I think) SPS 3191 gently leads a westbound departure out of the junction station at Malakwal, passing just a few of the magnificent array of semaphore signals around the area.

SGS (Standard Goods Superheated) 0-6-0 2471 at the head of a passenger service in Malakwal Station. Not quite Edwardian, the locomotive was built at some time between 1914 and 1923. The lack of coal in Pakistan meant that oil firing was the rule and this is confirmed by the black plume rising from the chimney.