Matheran Hill Light Railway

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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] ^[2]

References

↑ Wikipedia "Matheran Light Railway"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 79; Retrieved 19 Dec 2015

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