Singapore Railways Locomotives

The first locomotives were Hunslet A and B class 4-4-0T, virtually identical to those supplied previously to the Perak and Selangor Railways, and later to the Malacca Government Railway. The 4 members of A class had 10" x 16" cylinders and weighed 20 tons 5 cwt while the 3 B class had 12" x 18" cylinders and weighed 24 tons 16 cwt. Both had 120 lbs boiler pressure and 3' 3" diameter driving wheels. A total of 18 class A and 7 class B were the supplied to the afore-mentioned Railways which, together with the Johore State Railway and Sungei Ujong Railway, were all eventually combined to form the Federated Malay States Railway. I have not heard of any other locomotive class operating in Singapore prior to the opening of the causeway in 1923, which connected it to the rest of the FMSR system, but since it was absorbed by the FMSR in 1912 and two of the A class were transferred to the construction department in 1915 and 1917 it is possible that a small handful of locomotives may have been transferred there. Most likely these would have been F class 4-4-0s or I class 0-6-4Ts as there would have been no requirement for the larger locomotives. The table at the foot of this page lists other details supplied to me but may have some errors. If you know of any additions or corrections please e-mail me.


Above: a class A, Malacca Government Railway 2. Below: a class B, Singapore Government Railway 5.

Number	Works number	Date	Class	Notes
1	HE 748	May 1901	A	became FMSR 14, 1912; Construction dept 19, 6/1915; withdrawn 9/1931
2	HE 749	June 1901	A	became FMSR 125, 1912; Construction dept 17, 8/1914; withdrawn 2/1928
3	HE 750	June 1901	A	became FMSR 126, 1912; withdrawn 5/1925
4	HE 828	October 1903	A	became FMSR 127, 1912; withdrawn 1925
5	HE 896	April 1906	B	became FMSR 128, 1912; Construction dept 25, 7/1926; withdrawn 1929
6	HE 936	May 1907	B	became FMSR 129, 1912; Construction dept 26, 8/1927; withdrawn 2/1932
7	HL 2831	1911	B	became FMSR 130, 1912; sold to Malayan Collieries 5/1923 as No 1