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| − | '''Matheran Hill Light Railway''' | + | The '''Matheran Hill Light Railway''' was a mountain railway near Bombay (Mumbai), and opened in 1905-07 and privately financed. |
| − | + | Everard Calthrop was the consulting engineer. Unusually for a railway for which he designed it was of 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]), with tight curves and 1 in 20 (5%) grades. | |
| + | <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop] Wikipedia - Matheran Light Railway </ref> | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Private Railways]] | [[Category:Private Railways]] | ||
Revision as of 14:55, 26 November 2015
The Matheran Hill Light Railway was a mountain railway near Bombay (Mumbai), and opened in 1905-07 and privately financed. Everard Calthrop was the consulting engineer. Unusually for a railway for which he designed it was of 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG), with tight curves and 1 in 20 (5%) grades. [1]
