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Originally built As a result of high capital cost and worked by a private company, high maintenance cost the line Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company was opened in 1903 as a 2' 0" narrow gauge railway1904 in severe financial crisis. Following the decision of the Imperial General Staffs to standardise, wherever possible, on a 2' 6" 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]), the track was so converted in 1905.
→Workhops: extra info and ref added
== History ==
The Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company signed a contact in 1898 for the construction and working of a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line from Kalka to Simla. The line was opened to traffic in 1903.
The KSR was taken over by the Government in January 1906 and later worked by the [[North Western Railway]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n135/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 127]; Retrieved 19 Nov 2016</ref>
The KSR remains one of the longest narrow gauge railway lines still operated by [[Indian Railways]].
==Workshop==
In 1908 the Kalka Railway Workshop at [[Kalka]] gave employment to 200 operatives <ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_291.gif&volume=5 Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 283. and v. 14, p. 314.]; Retrieved 6 Mar 2020</ref>.
[[Kalka]] was the terminal station of the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])[[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]](DUKR), where it connected to the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) Kalka-Simla Railway KSR).
The workshop serviced the rolling stock of the KSR and probably the DUKR
==Personnel Records==
There are no Personnel Records held in the IOR
There are limited references in other documents:-
*[[Herbert Septimus Harington]] was Chief Engineer of the 'Kalka-Simla Railway' and also the [[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]] from about 1904 to 1908 <ref name=Grace>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Herbert_Septimus_Harington ‘Grace’s Guide/Inst of Mechanical Engineers Obituary 1914’ “'Herbert Septimus Harington” ] Retrieved on 21 Nov 2018</ref>.
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 19 Nov 2016</ref> gives 7 references. The most important being:-
*'''L/F/8/15/1040 ''' “Umballa Kalka Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of the Kalka-Simla Railway; 1898”
*'''L/F/8/16/1167 ''' “Delhi, Umballa, Kalka Railway Company Limited, Contract for the sale and purchase of the Kalka-Simla Railway; 1906”
*'''L/F/8/16/1106 ''' “Delhi Umalla Kalka Railway Company Limited, Contract for the advance of funds for the completion of the Kalka Simla Railway; 1903”
*'''L/AG/46/9 ''' “Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company; 1898-1907”
==Stations==
