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Baripada-Talbond Railway

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The '''Baripada-Talbond Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) extension to the NG [[Mayurbhanj Railway]], owned by private company; worked by belonging to the [[Bengal-Nagpur RailwayPrincely states|Princely ]][[Mourbhanj State]](BNR). <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n19/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 11, listed as Mayurbhanj Extension Railway]; Retrieved 30 Jan 19 February 2016</ref>.  The line opened in 1920joining [[Baripada]] to [[Talbond]], a length of 38 miles(61km) and was maintained, managed and worked by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR).
==Records==
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 20 Jan 19 Feb 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L /F/8/20/1682''' “Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company Limited, Contract for the maintenance, management and working of the Mayurbhanj Railway and the Baripada-Talbond extension”extension; 1923” ==Further Information==See '''[[Mayurbhanj Railway]]''' and '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]'''
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