Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway
The Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway (NCR) was a metre gauge(MG) line. The full name was the ‘Nagpur-Chhattisgarh Provincial State Railway’ and also known as Chhattisgarh State Railway, owned by the Provincial Government and worked as part of the Indian State Railways. The Nagpur-Rajnandgaon Railway track, which extended from Nagpur to Rajnandgaon passed through Tumsar, Gondia and Dongargarh and opened in stages from 1880 to 1883. [1]
The 'Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was, in 1887, absorbed by the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR), a company incorporated in 1887; thus marked the beginning of BNR. The conversion of the line to broad gauge(BG) was completed by 1891 [2].
Personnel
- John Edwin Dallas from the Public Works Department was, in 1876, posted to the Survey of the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway.
- Cornelius Edward Cardew 1876, appointed to Indian State Railways, Locomotive Department. Served for over thirty years being posted to Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and other railways [3]
Further Information
Prior to 1887 see Nagpur-Rajnandgaon Railway, then after 1887 see Bengal-Nagpur Railway
References
- ↑ “South-Eastern Railway Notes” footnote 1, page 2 by Hugh Scholey; Retrieved 26 May 2016
- ↑ Website of SE Railway India "History of Nagpur Division - Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway" paragraph 1.1; Retrieved 26 May 2016
- ↑ Google Books "India Office List 1905" page 420,pdf page 457 Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016
