Kharagpur
Kharagpur is situated about 120km west of Calcutta, a junction on the Bengal Nagpur Railway
Originally it was the railway suburb of Midnapore (Medinipur), but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of their Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments
External links
- Kharagpur, West Bengal Wikipedia
- Kharagpur’s Diaspora Reunited Website of Corinne Joy Baxter née Crampton for “friends of BNR people”. Her father was a Foreman in the Boiler Dept until they left in 1950. The website contains many photographs.
- "Highlights In The Shadows" by Owen Clement includes memories of Kharagpur Part 4 His father’s appreniceship, Part 10 Early Life, Part 15 Kharagpur, Part 16 Railway Institute
- /Kharagpur Workshop, South Eastern Railway
- Preserving BNR Heritage. Includes details of the photographic archive at Kharagpur.
- Photograph of the Railway Workshop in 1909
- India List post with details of the history of Kharagpur