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RMSR Ajmer Workshops

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The workshops were early on charged with a wide variety of repair and overhauling jobs, including permanent-way work. In 1895, the workshops achieved the distinction of building the first indigenous locomotive from India, an 'F' class 0-6-0 MG locomotive (#F-734) <ref name=irfca>[https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shop.html#work Indian Railways Fan Club - Workshops - Ajmer Workshop]; Retrieved 2 Mar 2020</ref>.
The workshops at Ajmer opened in 1879 and employed 8,000 people by 1911
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=RdcnAgh_StUC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books ‘The City in South Asia’ , by James Heitzman, page 125]; Retrieved 2 Mar 2020</ref>.
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