Golden Rock -Sircarpalayam Tramway: Difference between revisions

The '''Golden Rock -Sircarpalayam Tramway''' was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])

Tramway <ref>[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/12705/12/12_chapter%204.pdf Colonialism and modernisation;history and development of southern railway a case study by Saritha, S R, University of Kerala, 6-Nov-2013, Chapter IV, Page 133"]; Retrieved 28 Aug 2016</ref> from the [[South Indian Railway]] Golden Rock Station near [[Trichinopoly]] to the village of Sircarpalayam, 3 miles(5km) to the north.  

The tramway, just over 2¾ miles(4.4km) long was opened in 1923 to carry materials to the water pumping station and for the transport of inspecting officials by trolley. The motive power for the line is not known.

 

In 1937 it was recorded 'This track does not serve any kind of traffic except for lorrying materials to the pumping station at Sircarpalayam and carryingby trolley Inspecting Officials of the Company'<ref>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf  US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India – Railway Department’, page 213, pdf 256]; Retrieved 20 Apr 2020</ref>. 

 

It was still in use in 1955<ref name =TN38>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled 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  TN38 page ....</ref>.

 

The evidence of the route of the tramway is clearly seen on Google Earth search ‘Sircarpalayam’.