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This is based Based on the "Paper on the (GIPR) Thul Ghaut Railway Incline" delivered to the Bombay Mechancs Institution in December 1891 by the GIPR Chief Engineer [[James John Berkley]] <ref name=Berkley/> page numbers thus #p. *1851, Berkley first inspected the
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The '''Thal Ghat Railway Incline''' section through the Western Ghats was a major challenge to extended extend the north-eastern mainline of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) towards [[Jubbulpore]], the section finally opened in 1865.
The GIPR mainline from [[Callian]] (later named [[Kalyan]]) to [[Kasara]] had opened in 1861 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway Graces Guide "Great Indian Peninsula Railway - 1865"]; Retrieved 1 Jul 2016</ref>, it covers a length of 42 miles(68 km) and rises to an altitude of 948 feet(289 m) above sea level at [[Kasara]].
The next section to cross the Thal Ghat from [[Kasara]] to [[Igatpuri]] is 9.5 miles(15 km) across Thal Ghat and within that distance the line rises from 948 feet(289 m) to 1,918 feet(585 m), the gradient in the section being 1:37 <ref name=name>[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r019.html Mike's Rail History "Hill Lines of India - Construction and Operation of Some Steeply Graded Routes"]; Retrieved 1 Jul 2016</ref> The line negotiates this steep incline with the help of curves. This section required the construction of a number of bridges, the [[Ehagaon Viaduct]] together with any tunnels.
The objective was to take the GIPR mainline to [[Jubbulpore]] to link to the [[East Indian Railway]]. This was acheived in 1870 with the inaugeration of the [[Alfred Viaduct]].
The GIPR Chief Engineer [[James John Berkeley]]'s proposal was to form a grand trunk communication by the north-eastern mainline between [[Bombay]] and [[Calcutta]], and the north-west, and by the south-eastern line between [[Bombay]] and [[Madras]], including also an important line to [[Nagpore]] <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/eminent-railwaymen.html#berkeley “Eminent Railwaymen of Yesteryears” by R R Bhandari July 2008, reproduced by IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club''] Retrieved on 1 Jul 2016</ref>, he also propsed a south-eastern line between [[Bombay]] and [[Madras]], including also an important line to [[Nagpore]].
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==History==
*1853-56, a series of surveys and propsals were put forward, see 'Records' below and final sanction given in 1856.
*1856; the Thal Ghat section was sanctioned by the Indian government.
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[[Robert Maitland Brereton]]<ref name=Brereton>[https://archive.org/stream/reminisencesofo00brer#page/8/mode/2up Archive.org "Reminiscences of an old English civil engineer, 1858-1908" by Robert Maitland Brereton page 8 and pages 49-52] Retrieved on 1 Jul 2016</ref>
