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Orders for a feasibility survey for the '''Bolan Pass Railway''' were first issued by the British Government in 1876. Work on the construction of railways through the Pass started in 1880 but was soon stopped after laying of 31km track due to the occurrence of famous [[Battle of Maiwand]] in the area.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/bolan-pass-railway.html IRFCA "Railway line through the Bolan Pass By Owais Mughal"];August 2006; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/elephants-carrying-locomotives-through-the-bolan-pass/ "Elephants carrying locomotives through the Bolan Pass" Scientific American, 15 August 1885, quoted at Practical Machinist‘s Antique Machinery and History Forum]; Posted 28 March 2010;Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
Work restarted in 1885 by rapidly laying a rail track in the bed of the river Bolan and finally a steam locomotive rolled into [[Quetta]] in August of 1886. The 1885 account given in Practical Machinist states ‘This railroad is of the Decauville system, formed in sections of small steel rails, which can be put down or taken up very quickly.... the locomotive made in two parts, the larger of which weighed on 3,978 pounds, the greatest weight that an elephant can carry.”
The present day railway track through the Bolan Pass is the third attempt of laying railways through the pass and is still operational. At some places along the track one can see the abandoned tunnels and the rail bed of two earlier attempts of laying railways here.
== External LinksReferences ==*[http:<references //www.irfca.org/articles/bolan-pass-railway.html Railway line through the Bolan Pass By Owais Mughal, August 2006]. irfca.org *[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/elephants-carrying-locomotives-through-the-bolan-pass/ Elephants carrying locomotives through the Bolan Pass] - posted on 28 March 2010.Source: Scientific American, 15 August 1885, quoted at Practical Machinist‘s Antique Machinery and History forum >
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