Sakri Sugar Factory Railway
Sakri Sugar Factory Railway
The Sakri Sugar Factory, Sakri, Bihar State, was incorporated in 1933 as the Darbhanga Sugar Co Ltd under the ownership of the Maharaja of Darbhanga [1].
The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) cane haulage line ran from the factory to 13 km to Benipur. Seven locomotives used on the line are recorded and by mid 1980's largely disused and replaced by metre gauge(MG) [1].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry BR13 page 115