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The '''Zhob Valley Railway''' was part of [[North Western Railway]](NWR) Northern Frontier narrow gauge network; finally extended from Boston to [[Zhob]] in 1929 | The '''Zhob Valley Railway''' was part of [[North Western Railway]](NWR) Northern Frontier narrow gauge network; finally extended from Boston to [[Zhob]] in 1929 | ||
The Zhob Valley Railway was laid during the First World War, initially only as far as the chrome mines of Hindubagh (renamed Muslimbagh in the 1960s), which was used in the manufacture of munitions. It had been intended to extent the railway from Zhob to Bannu, but this never eventuated.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110829045812/http://sajshirazi.blogspot.com/2011/03/breakfast-at-kan-mehtarzai.html "Breakfast at Kan Mehtarzai"] by Salman Rashid 28 April 2011, now archived.</ref> | |||
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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b747693?urlappend=%3Bseq=112 Zhob Valley Railway Survey] c early 1890s, page 98 ''Some Rambles of a Sapper'' by Brigr-Genl. Herbert Henry Austin. 1928 Hathi Trust Digital Library | *[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b747693?urlappend=%3Bseq=112 Zhob Valley Railway Survey] c early 1890s, page 98 ''Some Rambles of a Sapper'' by Brigr-Genl. Herbert Henry Austin. 1928 Hathi Trust Digital Library | ||
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Revision as of 05:25, 9 December 2015
The Zhob Valley Railway was part of North Western Railway(NWR) Northern Frontier narrow gauge network; finally extended from Boston to Zhob in 1929
The Zhob Valley Railway was laid during the First World War, initially only as far as the chrome mines of Hindubagh (renamed Muslimbagh in the 1960s), which was used in the manufacture of munitions. It had been intended to extent the railway from Zhob to Bannu, but this never eventuated.[1]
External links
Historical books online
- Zhob Valley Railway Survey c early 1890s, page 98 Some Rambles of a Sapper by Brigr-Genl. Herbert Henry Austin. 1928 Hathi Trust Digital Library
References
- ↑ "Breakfast at Kan Mehtarzai" by Salman Rashid 28 April 2011, now archived.