Indian Railways WP No. 7161 Akbar
A broad-gauge Pacific with a memorable face.
Bring the engine
to life.
Start with the suggested palette or choose your own colours. Build gentle layers around the engine's distinctive shapes.
Suggested pencil shades and approximate screen swatches. These are not historical paint specifications.
Start lightly and build the darker surfaces gradually. Preserve the printed details.
Leave fine white highlights to separate the moving parts.
Keep the surroundings quieter than the locomotive. Retain light sky areas.
Look a little closer.
Akbar No. 7161 in black with a silver-coloured star on the smokebox front, a red buffer beam and a pale front pilot. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
Akbar No. 7161 in black with a silver-coloured star on the smokebox front, a red buffer beam and a pale front pilot. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Closer station view of Akbar No. 7161, showing the silver-coloured star, green-and-gold nameboard and red buffer beam. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Ramesh Lalwani · CC BY 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Know the version.
The source below supports the locomotive identity and history. The photographs record the finish visible when each image was taken. A preserved or replica finish does not establish the original paint specification. Exact original paint shades and all period marking details have not been established for this guide.
The pencil example uses dark charcoal and silver grey. Its palette is interpretive. The gallery records the particular appearances described in its captions; preserved engines, replicas and monochrome photographs cannot establish every original shade or marking.
Indian Railways heritage collection via Google Arts & CultureDid you know?
Akbar was built in 1965, showing that new mainline steam locomotives were still being produced in India after many other railway systems had stopped ordering them.
Make the details count.
Keep the rounded smokebox front lighter than the body.
Colour carefully around the central star and front ornament.