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‘Workington Iron and Steel Company Ltd’ info added
The records show that at eight 2ft 0in NG locomotives were operational from the opening in June 1907 <ref name =darvill/>.
By 1914 the ‘Workington Iron and Steel Company Ltd’ , a British company with a history going back to 1856 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Workington_Iron_and_Steel_Co Grace’s Guide “Workington Iron and Steel Co” ]; Retrieved 14 Mar 2017</ref>, had acquired the rights of the Shimoga Manganese mines and were operating through an office in Madras.
The 1914 'Workington Iron and Steel Company' handbook stated:-<blockquote>'The company possess its own ore fields for the manganese for the manufacture of spiegeleisen (mirror iron a form of pig iron) and ferro-manganese. The deposits are in the state of Mysore in Southern India. They are of considerable extent and of a high quality which puts the company in a good position.” The workings are open cast, and feed a line of 2ft gauge and is 30 miles in length. The trains were pulled by wood burning Orenstein and Koppel 6 wheeled engines to Shimoga to join the M S M R to Marmagoa.’ <ref> Industrial Railway Society “Industrial Railway Record no 116” pages 360-61 by Peter Homes</ref>.</blockquote>
==IOR Records==
