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Balaghat District Manganese Mines Railways
A manganese mining opera entral Provinces Prospecting Syndicate'. It was renamed in 1924 as the 'Central Provinces Manganese Ore Company'and nationalised after independence. A company operates several mines and the pre-1947 information on railways follows:-
- Balaghat Mine; Balaghat was a station on the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) 'Jubbulpore-Gondia Extension' which was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line that opened in January 1903 connecting at Gondia to the BNR broad gauge(BG) mainline [1].
The Balaghat Mine, first working in 1901, located north of Balaghat and connected by 3.5km branch to join the BNR NG line 3 km north of Balaghat station.
The records show that the mine operated 2ft 0in(610mm) NG and 1ft 6in(457mm) track, locomotives and tubs [2].
- Tirodi Mines, Tirodi is a major open-cast manganese source [3].
The Tumsar-Tirodi Light Railway, a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) line constructed for the ' Central India Mining Company' opened 1 April 1916 and purchased by Government and worked as a branch of the BNR network [4]. Connecting at Tumsar Road to the BNR broad gauge(BG) mainline.
The records show there were three mining sites. The East and West Tirodi Mines Records show they had BG sidings in 1929. It is therefore assumed that the Tumsar-Tirodi Light Railway was upgraded to a BG line before this date [5]. The North Tirodi Mine records show similar equipment from before 1932 [6].
- Stapatore Mine, about 8km west from Tirodi
- Ramara Mine,
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 6 (pdf14); Retrieved 4 Mar 2017
- ↑ MP03
- ↑ Wikipedia "Manganese Company of India Ltd"; Retrieved 4 Mar 2017
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 11 (pdf19); Retrieved 4 Mar 2017
- ↑ MP03
- ↑ MP05