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<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherra_Companyganj_State_Railways Wikipedia "Cherra Companyganj State Railways"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-03-15/news/31196903_1_rail-link-shillong-mountain-railway India Times, 15 Mar 2012 "Cherra Companyganj State Railways, a mountain railway that existed 125 years ago"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
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The Cherra-Companyganj State Railways was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) mountain railway that operated between Tharia, a mining town in Meghalaya and Companyganj, now in Sylhet District of Bangladesh, for a distance of 7.5 miles(12.1 km).
<ref>[http://www.pearcedale-conservation-park.com.au/c&b/DL.html "India’s 2ft 6in NG lines"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html IRFCA "History of Indian Railways – part 2 – 1886"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref><ref>Railway Raj Safari 1a - " by Keith Scholey</ref>
The line, which was owned and worked by the Provincial Government of Assam, brought limestone and coal from the mines in the Khasia Hills south to navigable water at Companyganj. Initially the line was worked in conjunction with ropeways but after 1891 packhorses brought the goods down the steep incline up to the hills.
Four tank engines of the 0-4-2T arrangement were in use were subsequently transferred to the Jorhat line.
==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherra_Companyganj_State_Railways "Cherra Companyganj State Railways"] Wikipedia
*[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html "History of Indian Railways – part 2 – 1886"] IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club''
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