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The '''Matheran Hill Light Railway''' was a mountain railway near Bombay (Mumbai), and opened in 1905-07 and privately financed. | 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. | 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 | <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop Wikipedia "Matheran Light Railway"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 04:31, 13 December 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]
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- ↑ Wikipedia "Matheran Light Railway"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015