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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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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 == | ||