Samastipur 29/12/1993

Labourers and steam crane coaling a locomotive at Samastipur locomotive shed, India, 29th December 1993


8-of-21) The labourers on the left rest and watch their colleagues near the locomotive shovel coal into the bucket ready for the steam crane to lift it into the locomotive tender, Samastipur locomotive shed, India, 29th December 1993.  A filthy and back-breaking job.  The locomotive is class YG 2-8-2 no. 3043 (built by BLW or MLW in 1949/50).

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