Barsi Light Railway
From Graces Guide
1897. Standard Carriage Underframe. (Leeds Forge Co).
1897. Low-Sided Truck. (Leeds Forge Co).
1897. Standard Covered Foods Wagon. (Leeds Forge Co).
1897. Saloon Car. (Leeds Forge Co).
1895 Registered to construct and work a light railway from Barsi Road junction to Barsi Town.
1910 In operation are 79 miles including extensions to Tadwala and Pandharpur. Contracts entered in to for an extension to Latur (37 miles). Officers - A. L. Alexander, Agent and Chief Engineer; W. Brough Simpson, Deputy Agent; B. C. A. Allen, Assistant Engineer; H. R. Byng, Locomotive Superintendent; E. R. Calthorpe and Partners, Consulting Engineers.[1]
1918 In operation are 118 miles. Officers - W. C. Hickie (Kurduvadi), Agent and Traffic Manager; G. W. Eves, Chief Engineer; E. C. Daubeny, Locomotive Superintendent.[2]
1927 Eventually a 202-mile (325 km) long, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway between Miraj and Latur
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