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'''Coorg Forest Tramway and Railway Survey'''

[[Coorg]] is a district in Karnataka, later became known as Kodagu,  meaning ‘dense forest on a steep hill’ and is a densly forested hill station at the southern end of the Western Ghats in Karnataka <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodagu_district Wikipedia " Kodagu District"]; Retrieved 18 Jul 2016</ref>.

== Coorg Forest Tramway==
A 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) forest tramway, with a length of  12 miles(19km)from Sollekolli Platform to Kunnoth, was constructed by the [[Madras Presidency]] [[Public Works Department]] between 1918 and 1923. An additional 2 miles(3.2km) of pole tramway was used in the forests for extraction to the main tramway. The records show the supply  in 1920 of a locomotive and rail for a tramway extension from Makut to Kannotte. Damage occurred to the track in 1923 and 1924, the line was repaired but there is no evidence that the line was ever used for the serious extraction of timber after this date. In 1932 it was reported that all tramway materials had been removed  <ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at  http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference:  Entry KA18  page ....</ref>.
 
==Coorg Forest Railway Survey==
The [[Railway Board]] authorised in 1920 a survey to be carried out by Major E P Anderson R.E. , an Engineer from State Railways  and known as the ‘Coorg Forest Railway Reconnaissance Survey ‘ <ref name=pioneer>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=3h5DAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA13-PA45&lpg=RA13-PA45&dq=Bombay-Sind+Connection+Railway&source=bl&ots=mqWvKuOygi&sig=1nLDrzfXI4eT4SvrvSWSDg2bUPg&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDl_bVqPjNAhXEnRoKHVWQBXIQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=Bombay-Sind%20Connection%20Railway&f=false "Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News", Volume 47, 8 October 1920, page 45]; Retrieved 18 Jul 2016</ref>.  

The proposal was for a line from  ‘Laldevanhalli along the Latchman Tirtha valley to Sidapur, with a branch from Hebbalenhole to Nagerhole, a total distance of about 50 miles’ <ref name=pioneer/> .

The project was not taken up and no railway was constructed in this environmentally rich forested area.
	
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