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'Tata Iron and Steel Company' discovered iron ore at Noamundi | 'Tata Iron and Steel Company' discovered iron ore at Noamundi <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noamundi Wikipedia "Noamundi"]; Retrieved 20 Feb 2017</ref> in 1917 with the first despatches being sent out by the rail in 1925 <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 JH47 page ....</ref> by the connection to the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) 'Tatanager-Bilaspur Section'. | ||
A 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway transported ore to a crushing and loading plant. Here the ore was loaded into broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) mainline wagons and sent to [[Jamshedpur Steel Works Railway|Tata's Jamshedpur Steel Works]]. The loading plant is on a two mile(3.2km) siding west of Noamundi station <ref name =darvill/>. | A 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway transported ore to a crushing and loading plant. Here the ore was loaded into broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) mainline wagons and sent to [[Jamshedpur Steel Works Railway|Tata's Jamshedpur Steel Works]]. The loading plant is on a two mile(3.2km) siding west of Noamundi station <ref name =darvill/>. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:51, 20 February 2017
Noamundi Iron Mine Railway
'Tata Iron and Steel Company' discovered iron ore at Noamundi [1] in 1917 with the first despatches being sent out by the rail in 1925 [2] by the connection to the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) 'Tatanager-Bilaspur Section'.
A 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) railway transported ore to a crushing and loading plant. Here the ore was loaded into broad gauge(BG) mainline wagons and sent to Tata's Jamshedpur Steel Works. The loading plant is on a two mile(3.2km) siding west of Noamundi station [2].
It is unknown if the 2ft 0in NG system is still in use [2].
Two metre gauge(MG) locomotives dating from 1941 being on the site [2]. The reason for this unknown as BG was the gauge of the BNR system linking the two Tata operations.
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noamundi Wikipedia "Noamundi"]; Retrieved 20 Feb 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “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 JH47 page ....
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