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	~~'''Karwar-Dharwar Light Railway Proposal 1858'''~~

	This proposal was put forward by Colonel [[Arthur Thomas Cotton\|Cotton]] of the [[Madras Engineers]] in 1858 as a means of transporting the large volumes of cotton from [[Dharwar]], about 75 miles(120km) inland to a port at [[Karwar]] at the mouth of the River Kali, from where the cotton would be pressed and shipped directly to England. The trains would be gravity driven with 2 brakemen; the trucks would be returned to the top using bullocks. An experiment with ¾ inch bars welded throughout with no joins and worked with wagons with double flanges with the tyres sloped to allow the wagon to running round a very sharp curve freely. The proposal was not adopted.

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