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This locomotive entered service with the CGR in 1931. It was originally used for working passenger and freight services on the narrow gauge (2 ft 6in) Uda Pussellawa Railway (UPR) between Nanu Oya and Ragala, via Nuwara Eliya. No. 293 met with a serious accident near Nuwara Eliya in 1942 while hauling a freight train at excessive speed. It was returned to service in 1944 following repairs. Until the 1960s, H1 no. 293 was occasionally used on the Kelani Valley narrow gauge line. Withdrawn from service in 1972, it was scrapped in 1981.
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