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'''Matheran Hill Light Railway'''.
The '''Matheran Hill Light Railway''' was a mountain railway near Bombay (Mumbai),  and opened in 1905-07 and privately financed.
Opened in 1907 and privately financed.
Everard Calthrop was the consulting engineer. Unusually for a railway for which he designed it was of 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]), with tight curves and 1 in 20 (5%) grades.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop] Wikipedia - Matheran Light Railway    </ref>
 
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Revision as of 14:55, 26 November 2015

The Matheran Hill Light Railway was a mountain railway near Bombay (Mumbai), and opened in 1905-07 and privately financed. Everard Calthrop was the consulting engineer. Unusually for a railway for which he designed it was of 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG), with tight curves and 1 in 20 (5%) grades. [1]

References

  1. [1] Wikipedia - Matheran Light Railway