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The '''Tawa Valley Coal Railway''' was a 9 miles long private 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) light railway. | The '''Tawa Valley Coal Railway''' was a 9 miles long private 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) light railway. | ||
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch_Gurjar_Kshatriyas_contributions_to_the_Indian_railwaysWikipedia - "KGK Contributions #1940-1990; Rai Sahib Visharm Valjee Rathod of Madhapar"]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
The line opened in 1941-42 to link the privately owned Tawa Valley coal mines to [[Betul]] to connect to the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) mainline. | The line opened in 1941-42 to link the privately owned Tawa Valley coal mines to [[Betul]] to connect to the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) mainline. | ||
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=24iKabhn4fcC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=%22Tawa+Valley%22+Railway&source=bl&ots=8_LZlrjTgA&sig=hBrSd8EP4ZkOFUchKatrZ-HBur8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AMJiVbO5Aob8UP-hgsgL&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=%22Tawa%20Valley%22%20Railway&f=false | <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=24iKabhn4fcC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=%22Tawa+Valley%22+Railway&source=bl&ots=8_LZlrjTgA&sig=hBrSd8EP4ZkOFUchKatrZ-HBur8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AMJiVbO5Aob8UP-hgsgL&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=%22Tawa%20Valley%22%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Mineral Wealth" by John Coggin Brown, Abani Kumar Dey, Abani Kumar Dey; page 37]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||