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Assam Tea Industry Tramways

The first commercial production of tea in Assam was with the establishment of a Tea Garden at Chabua in 1837 and by 1840 the 'Assam Company Limited' was comercially producing tea for which 'Kilburn & Co' were the Managing Agent.

Tramways were mainly used for bringing leaf from the gardens for processing at the factory, these were narrow gauge(NG)2ft 6in/762mm or 2ft/610mm tracks. Some of them linked the factory to the nearzst mainline station or river ghat and used to convey the processed tea out for onward shipment and for bring in coal, supplies and equipment.

The following table is based on Simon Darvill's book “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia”. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7, which gives considerably more information than given here. The table that follows has been provided by the author and the 'Entry' and 'Page' refers to the information given in that book.

Company	Garden(s)	Managing Agent	District	Gauge	Length	Date in use	Motive Power	Book Entry/Page
Amalgamated Tea Estates Co Ltd	Tarajan	Finlay, Muir & Co	Dibrugarh	?	1½ miles	?	?	AS
Anglo American Direct Tea Trading Co Ltd	Nahor Rani and Khagrijan	Finlay, Muir & Co	Dibrugarh	?	5 miles [1]	?	?	AS
Assam Co Ltd	Cherido	Kilburn & Co	Sibsagar	2ft 0in	?	?	Petrol loco [2]	AS
Assam Co Ltd	Gelakey	Kilburn & Co	Sibsagar	2ft 0in	?	?	Petrol loco [3]	AS
Assam Co Ltd	Lakmijan	Kilburn & Co	Sibsagar	2ft 0in	?	?	Petrol loco [4]	AS
Assam Co Ltd	Mackaypore	Kilburn & Co	Sibsagar	2ft 0in	?	?	Petrol loco [5]	AS
Assam Co Ltd [6]	Tingalibam	Kilburn & Co	Sibsagar	2ft 0in	?	?	Diesel loco [7]	AS
Assam Frontier Tea Co, The	Hilika	Shaw, Wallace & Co Ltd	Tinsukia	Metre	2½ miles	?	Steam and diesel locos [8]	AS
Assam Frontier Tea Co, The	Talap and Dangori	Shaw, Wallace & Co Ltd	Tinsukia	?	4 miles	?	?	AS
Assam Frontier Tea Co, The	Hapjan Parabat and Balimara	Shaw, Wallace & Co Ltd	Dibrugarh	?	6 miles	?	?	AS
Assam Frontier Tea Co, The	Longsaol	Shaw, Wallace & Co Ltd	Tinsukia	?	1½ miles	?	?	AS
Babu Dhorjonarain Das	Havela	?	Tinsukia	?	7½ miles [9]	?	?	AS
Baghjan Tea Co Ltd	-	Barry & Co/Macneill & Barry Ltd	Tinsukia	?	?	Prior to 1923 to 1934	Human [10]	AS
Balijan Tea Co	Balijan	?	Dibrugarh	?	[11]	?	?	AS
Bargang Tea Co	Bargang, Ketela	Williamson, Magor & Co	Sonitpur	?	2 miles [12]	?	Petrol Loco [13]	AS
Bazalone Tea Co Ltd, The	?	Octavius Steel Co Ltd	Tinsukia	2ft 0in	?	?	Diesel loco [14]	AS