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'''McLeod & Company''' was the subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, '''McLeod Russell & Co. Ltd''', formed to build and operate four 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])
narrow gauge railways  '''McLeod's Light Railways'''  in and around Calcutta. Each railway was created as a separate Company.


The lines continued to operate independently after the Independence in 1947, the last being transferred to Indian Railways in 1967.
[[File:Mcleod's Light Railways 5.png|thumb| McLeod’s Light Railways]]
==Lines operated and worked by McLeod's Light Railways==
*[[Burdwan-Katwa Railway]](BKR), 2’ 6” NG, 33 miles(54km), constructed by Burdwan-Katwa Railway Company, opened 1915 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n229/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  pages 211-212 (pdf229-230)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>.
*[[Bankura-Damoodar River Railway]] (BDRR), 2’ 6” NG, 60 miles(96km), constructed by Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company, opened 1916-17 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n219/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 211 (pdf219)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>.
*[[Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway]](AKR), 2’ 6” NG, 32 miles(51km), constructed by Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway Company, opened 1917 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n213/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 205 (pdf213)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>.
*[[Kalighat-Falta  Railway]](KFR), 2’ 63 NG, 25 miles(40km), constructed by Kalighat-Falta Railway Company, opened 1917 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n240/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 232 (pdf240)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>.
==Other Railways taken over by McLeod's Light Railways ==
*The [[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]], 2’ 0” NG, 36 miles(57km), opened 1913-14. Owned and worked by Private Co., together with [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway]] <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n238/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 230)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>; apparently taken over by McLeod and Company, 1913 <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA) “Frequently Asked Questions Part 3 - year 1913”]; Retrieved on  24 Nov 2016</ref>. ''This is pending independent verification.''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]

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