Mandya Sugar Factory Railway
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Mandya Sugar Factory Railway
The Mandya Sugar Factory opened in 1833-34 under the ownership of the 'Mysore Sugar Company Ltd'. The site produced 5000 tonnes of crushed cane per day [1].
The works is just north of Mandya station and connected to the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR) mainline 'Mysore-Bangalore Section', which at that time was a metre gauge(MG) line. The records show a number of MG locomotives were operational. The mainline was converted to broad gauge(BG), date unknown [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 KA25 page ....