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Light Military Reserve Railway The following account is taken from the records :-

In March 1900 the 'Light Military Reserve Railway' (LMRR) was created and an order placed for 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) equipment comprising ten locomotives, 150 truckss, 50 miles of track with associated equipment and various other tankers and wagons.

When the equipment was received from the UK the locomotives and trucks were delivered in Sept 1901 to the Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway(KKTR) - see separate page for more information. The remainder of the railway equipment was put into store and used for experiments by the 3rd Bombay Sappers & Miners Corps of the Indian Army, the records show details of these experiments.

In order to replace the equipment sent to KKTR a further order was placed in 1902. When it all arrived it was sent to the North Western Railway (NWR) Store at Mian Mir. Some of the equipment was used for the 'Delhi Durbar' 1903 - see separate page for more information and returned to Mian Mir in Apr 1903. The records show that there was a delivery of equipment to Rawalpindi(purpose unknown) and some to the North West Frontier Public Works Department(PWD).

At the end of 1903 it was decided to reorganise the storage of the LMRR and send a supply of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) equipment (1 locomotive, 8 trucks, 1 brake van and 15 miles of track) to each of the Bombay Sappers and Miners depots at Roorkee, Kirkee and Bangalore; together with a consignment to be used on defensive posiitions around Quetta. The remaining rolling stock to be transferred to Rawalpindi where sheds were built to accommodate; and the most of the NG track to be transferred to Chaman.

In 1904 40 miles(64km) of NG track was moved from Chaman to Thal (probably for KKTR). Also the Princely States of Faridkot, Malerkotla and Sirmur received 1 mile(1.6km) with the intention of instructing the men of the Imperial Sappers Service of each of these States in plate laying work.