Barsi Light Railway
1895 Registered to construct and work a light railway from Barsi Road junction to Barsi Town.
1897 'In our issue of October 30, 1896, we gave an account of an experimental line of light railway which had been constructed at Newlay, near Leeds, for the purpose of illustrating by actual examples the method of working adopted on the Barsi Light Railway. The exhibition had been organised by the Leeds Forge Company, whose pressed steel bogies and underframes were used in the construction of the rolling stock. ...'.[1]. This was followed up by a detailed description of the equipment and a plan and description of the test track at Newlay. See illustration.
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.[2]
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.[3]
1927 Eventually a 202-mile (325 km) long, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway between Miraj and Latur
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineering 1897/01/22
- ↑ 1911 Bradshaw’s Railway Manual
- ↑ 1919 Bradshaw’s Railway Manual