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By 1872-73 the deep excavations at the headworks were being worked by locomotives and wagons. It is not clear if these were locomotives or hauling engines <ref name =PB04/>.
The '''Sirhind Canal Railway''' was sanctioned in 1872 and operational in 1873. It was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line from [[Rupar]], along the canal bank to a junction with the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]] (SP&DR), a distance of 37 miles(59km) and used for the transport of stone, kankar [[Kankar]] and other building materials. There was also a branch line to the ‘Pataheri Kankar Quarry’. In 1874 an extension to the [[Nalagarh Sandstone Quarry Railways|Nalagarh Sandstone quarries]] was sanctioned, this was opened in Feb 1875, stone from the quarries was sent to the headworks. The line also carried boulders from Keritpur and stone from Ghumsok. The ‘Sirhind Canal Railway’ eventually had 54 miles(86km) of track <ref name =PB04/>. This line later became known as the '''[[Rupar-Nalagarh Provincial State Railway]]'''.
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