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<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 79]; Retrieved 19 Dec 2015</ref>
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The '''Matheran Hill Light Railway''' was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) mountain railway near Bombay (Mumbai), . The privately financed line was 12 miles (19km) in length and opened in 1905-07 and privately financed1907.<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 79]; Retrieved 19 Dec 2015</ref>
Everard Calthrop was the consulting engineer. Unusually for a railway for which he designed it was of 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]), with tight curves and 1 in 20 (5%) grades.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop Wikipedia "Matheran Light Railway"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
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