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The '''Baripada-Talbond Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) extension to the NG [[Mayurbhanj Railway]], owned by private company belonging to the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mourbhanj State]]. 
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n19/mode/2up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 11, listed as Mayurbhanj Extension Railway]; Retrieved 19 February  2016</ref>. 

The line opened in 1920 joining [[Baripada]] to [[Talbond]], a length of 38 miles(61km) and  was maintained, managed and worked by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR).

==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  19 Feb 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L /F/8/20/1682''' “Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company Limited, Contract for the maintenance, management and working of the Mayurbhanj Railway and the Baripada-Talbond extension; 1923”

==Further Information==
See  '''[[Mayurbhanj Railway]]''' and '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]'''

== References ==
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[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]