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<big>'''East Indian Railways - Carriage and Wagon Workshops''' part of '''[[East Indian Railway]] page</big>
<blockquote>Part of the '''[[East Indian Railway]]''' main page</blockquote>
<blockquote>Also see '''[[EIR Locomotive Workshops|East Indian Railways - Locomotive Workshops]]'''
==Background==
"The [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) 'experimental line' from [[Howrah]] to [[Ranigani]] was authorised in 1849, and construction and started in 1851. The opening of the first section from [[Howrah]] to [[Hooghly]] in August 1854 was delayed due to unexpected impediments - one these was the ship 'HMS Goodwin' carrying the coaches ''(from Britain)'' sank at the Sandheads near Diamond Harbour ''(in the Hoogly River estuary near Calcutta)''. [[John Hodgson]], the Locomotive Engineer of EIR, got the carriages locally built with the help of two Calcutta coach building firms - Steward & Co and Seton & Co." <ref> “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, kolkata 2003; Extracted from pages 6 and 7</ref>.
The Indian Railways Fan Club IRFCA gives a good background to the history and development of the Liluah Workshop <ref>[https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shop.html#work IRFCA Liluah Workshop]; Retrieved 2 Mar 2020</ref>, (old name Lillooah Workshop)
==Charbagh and Alambagh Workshops==
With the absorbsion of the '[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]'(O&RR) by the EIR in 1925 both the Charbagh and the Alambagh Workshops became integrated into the EIR
<blockquote>See [[O%26RR_Railway_Workshops|O&RR Railway Workshops page]]</blockquote>
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Wagon & Carriage Manufacturer]]
