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'''East Indian Railways - Locomotive Workshops''' | <big>'''East Indian Railways - Locomotive Workshops'''</big> | ||
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<blockquote>Part of the '''[[East Indian Railway]]''' main page</blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>Also see '''[[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop]]''' page</blockquote> | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
"The [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) 'experimental line' from Howrah to Ranigani was authorised in 1849, and construction and started in 1851. The opening of the first section from [[Howrah]] to [[Hooghly]] in August 1854 was delayed due to unexpected impediments - one these was the locomotive shipped from England got misdirected to Australia, and could only be brought back ''(to Calcutta)'' in 1854 aboad 'Kedgeree'. Also 'HMS Goodwin' carrying the coaches ''(from Britain)'' sank at the Sandheads near Diamond Harbour ''(in the Hoogly River estuary near Calcutta)''. [[John Hodgson]], the Locomotive Engineer of EIR, got the carriages locally built with the help of two Calcutta coach building firms - Steward & Co and Seton & Co." <ref> “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, kolkata 2003; Extracted from pages 6 and 7</ref>. | "The [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) 'experimental line' from Howrah to Ranigani was authorised in 1849, and construction and started in 1851. The opening of the first section from [[Howrah]] to [[Hooghly]] in August 1854 was delayed due to unexpected impediments - one these was the locomotive shipped from England got misdirected to Australia, and could only be brought back ''(to Calcutta)'' in 1854 aboad 'Kedgeree'. Also 'HMS Goodwin' carrying the coaches ''(from Britain)'' sank at the Sandheads near Diamond Harbour ''(in the Hoogly River estuary near Calcutta)''. [[John Hodgson]], the Locomotive Engineer of EIR, got the carriages locally built with the help of two Calcutta coach building firms - Steward & Co and Seton & Co." <ref> “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, kolkata 2003; Extracted from pages 6 and 7</ref>. | ||
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==Locomotive Workshops - Jamalpur== | ==Locomotive Workshops - Jamalpur== | ||
Jamalpur was only an engine changing station and light repairs were carried out in the running shed there. It was on the original EIR mainline but with then opening of the [[ First Chord Line(EIR)|First Chord Line]](1871) and the [[Grand Chord Line(EIR)|Grand Chord Line]] (1906), it the became somewhat on the [[Sahibganj Loop(EIR)|Sahibganj Loop]]. | Jamalpur was only an engine changing station and light repairs were carried out in the running shed there. It was on the original EIR mainline but with then opening of the [[ First Chord Line(EIR)|First Chord Line]](1871) and the [[Grand Chord Line(EIR)|Grand Chord Line]] (1906), it the became somewhat on the [[Sahibganj Loop(EIR)|Sahibganj Loop]]. | ||
Note: some records refer to the jamalpur Workshops as the Munger Workshop or alternative spelling Monghyr Workshop <ref name=Heitzman>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=RdcnAgh_StUC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books The City in South Asia, bJames Heitzman, page 125]; Retrieved 5 Mar 2020</ref>. [[Jamalpur]] is 4 miles(7km) south of Munger/Monghyr. | |||
*1860; Decision to construct the new locomotive workshops at Jamalpur. The various reasons for selecting Jamalpur as the location of the new locomotive workshops are well described in 'The History of the East Indian Railway' pages 240-251 <ref name=hudd>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone, page 240-251, pdf page 295-306]; Retrieved 10 Jun 2016</ref>. | *1860; Decision to construct the new locomotive workshops at Jamalpur. The various reasons for selecting Jamalpur as the location of the new locomotive workshops are well described in 'The History of the East Indian Railway' pages 240-251 <ref name=hudd>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone, page 240-251, pdf page 295-306]; Retrieved 10 Jun 2016</ref>. | ||
*1862; [[William St. John Galwey]], Resident Engineer in charge of the works of the EIR Jamalpur Locomotive works. | *1862; [[William St. John Galwey]], Resident Engineer in charge of the works of the EIR Jamalpur Locomotive works. | ||
*1863, [[David Wilkinson Campbell]] became Locomotive Superintendent , Jamalpur following the retirement of [[Charles Lingard Stokes]]. | *1863, [[David Wilkinson Campbell]] became Locomotive Superintendent , Jamalpur following the retirement of [[Charles Lingard Stokes]]. | ||
*1887, [[John Strachan]] became Locomotive Superintendent on promotion of | *1887, [[John Strachan]] became Locomotive Superintendent on promotion of [[David Wilkinson Campbell]] to EIR Agent | ||
[[David Wilkinson Campbell]] to EIR Agent | |||
*1890, [[Alan Wood Rendell]] became Locomotive Superintendent when [[John Strachan]] retired | *1890, [[Alan Wood Rendell]] became Locomotive Superintendent when [[John Strachan]] retired | ||
*1901, [[Tomyns Reginald Browne]] became Locomotive Superintendent, he had previously been Carriage and Wagon Superintendent at [[Howrah]] then [[Lillooah]] | *1901, [[Tomyns Reginald Browne]] became Locomotive Superintendent, he had previously been Carriage and Wagon Superintendent at [[Howrah]] then [[Lillooah]] | ||
*1921 it had 11,000 employees <ref name=Heitzman/> | |||
*On 15 January 1935, the Jamalpur Locomotive Workshops, along with the entire railway colony, were destroyed by an earthquake. It took 3 years to rebuild the facility. | *On 15 January 1935, the Jamalpur Locomotive Workshops, along with the entire railway colony, were destroyed by an earthquake. It took 3 years to rebuild the facility. | ||
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The Indian Railways Fan Club IRFCA gives a good background to the history and development of the Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop <ref>[https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shop.html#work IRFCA Locomotive Jamalpur Workshop]; Retrieved 2 Mar 2020</ref>. | The Indian Railways Fan Club IRFCA gives a good background to the history and development of the Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop <ref>[https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shop.html#work IRFCA Locomotive Jamalpur Workshop]; Retrieved 2 Mar 2020</ref>. | ||
==Charbagh and Alambagh Workshops== | |||
With the absorbsion of the '[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]'(O&RR) by the EIR in 1925 both the Charbagh and the Alambagh Workshops became integrated into the EIR | |||
<blockquote>See [[O%26RR_Railway_Workshops|O&RR Railway Workshops page]]</blockquote> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||