A brief history of Indian railway

06-12-2021

    A narrow-gauge steam loco built in 1889 by Atlas Works of Sharp Stewart & Co. Ltd for the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Attached to it is a first-class coach that ran between Siliguri and Darjeeling before it was brought here A drawing room and a bedroom in the salon car Howrah: The Rail Museum near Howrah station has got a makeover over the past four months, making it one of the must-go places in the city. From a 129-year-old steam loco to a coach of one of the first Metro rakes, all the exhibits have got a facelift. The interiors of a metre-gauge inspection carriage, built by the Junagarh Workshop. The carriage is a

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HABIBGANJ – THE FIRST PRIVATE STATION OF INDIA
March 24, 2017

Bhopal: Habibganj became the first private station in the country. On Thursday, the Railways handed over all rights to Avane to private company Bansal Hathway Private Limited on Thursday. Now the Railways will be responsible only for the operation of the train. Significantly, Railways has tied up with private company Bansal to make Habibganj

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Katni to have India’s longest railway bridge
April 20, 2016

Bhopal: Katni in Madhya Pradesh will have India's longest railway bridge, 14 km on the up line, almost three and half times longer than Vembanad rail bridge in Kerala that connects Edappally and Vallarpadam in Kochi and is 4.62 km long.   Called Katni grade separator, down line of the bridge would be of 7 km. Its total length would be 21

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KNOW ABOUT – Earliest diesel locomotives in the Indian subcontinent
April 16, 2015

In 1915, a 2'6" gauge diesel loco was supplied to the India Office by Avonside (Bristol). This is presumed to have worked on some tea plantation in Assam. In 1921, a 2'0" gauge 0-4-0 diesel loco built by Baugleys of Burton-on-Trent was delivered to Bengal. In 1923, two diesel locos built by Ruton Proctor of Lincoln were used on the Barsi

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