1855 built Steam Engine - The EIR 21 "Express" & a Heritage Run Through Chennai | Republic Day 2013

Location : Chennai Egmore, Nungambakkam, Kodambakkam, Mambalam.
Train : Republic Day HERITAGE Special
Loco : EIR 21 "EXPRESS" (EIR : East India Railway)

EIR 21 "EXPRESS", Worlds Oldest Locomotive built in 1855 hauls the Egmore-Guindy-Egmore Heritage Special.

This is how the video goes about.
First, I capture the train, the coach's interior and the loco. Then i proceed to Nungambakkam curve and get the cute honking, rather hooting of the EIR. Then i rush to nungambakkam station, take an EMU and go to Kodambakkam where the EIR stops for 15 minutes. As soon as my EMU leaves Kodambakkam, i take some snaps and run towards Mambalam alongside the track. At a considerable distance i stop as the train departed Kodambakkam and get another video of the same. Later I take an EMU to Guindy (1 hr later), i see the Special returning with TNP WDM2 hualing it. :)

Hope u enjoyed the video. Here is some info about this loco.
Stothert-built Express, has been preserved at Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop since 1901.[10] As the inscription on Express' pedestal claims that it is the first locomotive to operate between Howrah and Raneegunge, and it is also numbered EIR 21 to Fairy Queen's 22, it has been claimed that Express is the older of the two. Express was restored for running in 2011, making it another contender as the world's oldest operating steam locomotive.

Christened EIR 21 Express by its creators Kitson Thompson and Hewitson of England, the steam locomotive was shipped to the Indian sub-continent in 1855. It swayed carrying loads of people and cargos for 55 years, blowing the whistle to the wonderment of the passengers.

After withdrawal from service in 1909, the loco was exhibited at Jamalpur Workshops and Howrah station for over 101 years. After hibernating for a little more than a century at Jamalpur Workshops, the Loco Works, Perambur in Chennai took the challenge of reviving the 158-year-old steam loco in April 2010. The loco had its first heritage run between Chennai Central and Avadi on August 15, 2010.