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Source of IRFCA information IOR reference added following contact from the author Simon Darvill
Iinitially the ballast trucks were moved by animal/human power; the first reference to the use of a steam locomotive is 1852.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/india-first-railways.html IRFCA "India's First Railways" by Simon Darvill, Dec. 2011; reproduced by IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club''. The source Information obtained from the British Library IOR/V/27/773/9 to /11; "Report on the Ganges Canal Works" from the commencement until the opening of the material canal in this article is unknown1854 Vol 1 to 3]; Retrieved 9 Feb 201621 Jan 2017</ref>
No further information has been found corncerning concerning this railway.
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