B B & C I Railway Oil Tanker – Old Photo 1920s
This old 1920s photo is of the B B & C I Railway’s new oil tanker. The Belgian company Ateliers De Construction De Et A Familleureux built this oil tanker in the 1920s. It was for the BB & CI or Bombay Baroda & Central Indian Railway.
See post GIPR Steam Locomotive Bombay – Old Photo 1900
Both the Bombay Baroda & Central Indian Railways (BB & CI) and Great Indian Peninsula Railways (GIPR) were created during the British India era. The BB & CI in 1849 and the GIPR in 1855 respectively. Both were based in Bombay (or Mumbai) and both were integrated into the Indian Railways after India’s independence.
The BB & CIR became the Western Railway and the GIPR became the Central Railway. Ateliers De Construction De Et A Familleureux was founded in 1919 by industrialist Carlos Dolphem. It primarily produced streetcars or trams, wagons, oil tankers, and so on.
See a similar oil tankers Collections Saicom.
Did you know- the railways were first introduced to India in the mid 19th century for the transportation of cotton and other commodities from the deep interiors of the country. It was only after the first train journey from Mumbai to Thane the railway’s potential realized.
From the collection- Raja Ravi Varma’s “Birth of Shakuntala” Oleograph 1894., Old Photograph – Chinese Fishing Nets Kochi 1898., Triplicane A Locality In Madras – Vintage Postcard 1908., Old Print – Eden Garden & Harbour Calcutta 1905
The images are of the actual items from my collection. And Not a photocopy, pirated, reproduced, or stock photos or taken from other sources.
