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'''Everard Richard Calthrop'''(1857-1927) was a notable British railway engineer. He was particularly involved in the construction of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railways and especially prominent in India.


==Railway Achievements in India==
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop Wikipedia "Everard Calthrop"] Retrieved on 17 Apr 2016</ref>
*1882; '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''(GIPR), Locomotive Inspector
*1886; Proposals and surveys, on behalf of GIPR,  of '''[[Nasik Tramways]]''' and '''[[Barsi Light Railway]]'''
*1887; Registration in London of the Indian Railways Feeder Lines Company to promote the construction of [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] lines in India.
*1889; Resigned from GIPR and, acting as consulant, supervised the construction of the NG horse-powered '''[[Nasik Tramways]]''', using his previous survey
*1895; He formed a new company to construct the '''[[Barsi Light Railway]]'''(BLR) based on many inovative designs, the line opened in 1897.
*1905; The opening of the '''[[Matheran Hill Light Railway]]'''. Unusually for a railway for which Calthrop was the consulting engineer, it was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line.
*1910;  Calthrop was engaged as consulting engineer by the promoters of a new railway between Buthidaung and Maungdaw in Burma, later known as the '''[[Arakan Light Railway]]'''. 
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railway People|Calthrop, Everard Richard]]
[[Category:People|Calthrop, Everard Richard]]

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