Loi Shilman Railway
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The Loi Shilman Railway was a proposal to construct a military narrow gauge(NG) NG railway extending into Afghanistan as far as the Shilman Ghakki pass. It was one of two proposals: - the other being the Kabul River Railway, a proposal following the narrow Kabul River gorge to Smatsai, below the fort at Dakka. [1] [2]
Neither of these proposals were adopted.
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [3] gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: - gives the following:-
- L/MIL/7/14848; "Collection 335/15 Railway construction: Loi Shilman, Kohat-Thal, Thal-Parachinar lines."; 1908
External links
- Kabul River and Loi Shilman railways Railways of Afghanistan
References
- ↑ Google Books “A Concise History of Afghanistan” in 25 Volumes, Volume 14, page 902 by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai; Retrieved on 8 Apr 2016
- ↑ “Life of Lord Kitchener”, Volume 2, page 148 by Sir George Arthur” ; Retrieved on 8 Apr 2016
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 3 Apr 2016
