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Khost Colliery Tramway - North Western Railway
'''Dandot Light Railway'''


The 'Khost Colliery', owned by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) opened in 1877 to supply coal for the NWR. The other collieries supplying NWR were the [[Dandot Light Railway|Dandot Colliery]] and the [[Sharigh Colliery]] <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books'The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise' by Kartar Lalvani; page 281]; Retrieved 24 Nov  2017</ref> 
The 'Dandot Light Railway' was a very short (6 miles/10km) 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])branch, built to serve the colliery worked there by the [[North Western Railway]](NWR).


The 'Khost Colliery' was situated in the 'Khost-Sharigh-Harnai Coal Belt' some 30-40 mile (48-64km) east of [[Quetta]], and at an altitude ofabout 4,000 feet(1,200 metres). These coal mines were approachable from the Sibi-Zardalu section of the NWR <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=24iKabhn4fcC&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books 'Mineral wealth' by John Coggin Brown, Abani Kumar Dey, Abani Kumar Dey; page 63]; Retrieved 24 Nov  2017</ref>.
The 'Dandot Colliery', supplied coal to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) and  opened in 1894. The other collieries supplying NWR were the [[Sharigh Colliery]] and the [[Khost Colliery Tramway|Khost Colliery ]] <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books'The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise' by Kartar Lalvani; page 281]; Retrieved 24 Nov  2017</ref>.
 
The railway
 
 
 
 
 
 
== References ==
<references />
 
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]

Revision as of 16:13, 24 November 2017

Dandot Light Railway

The 'Dandot Light Railway' was a very short (6 miles/10km) 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG)branch, built to serve the colliery worked there by the North Western Railway(NWR).

The 'Dandot Colliery', supplied coal to the North Western Railway(NWR) and opened in 1894. The other collieries supplying NWR were the Sharigh Colliery and the Khost Colliery [1].

The railway




References

  1. ↑ Google Books'The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise' by Kartar Lalvani; page 281; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017
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