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'''Palana Colliery Railway'''
A lignite quarry (although referred to as a colliery) opened at Palana in Bikaner in 1898 with the intention of being using the coal for locomotive use <ref name =RJ04>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry RJ04 page ....</ref>. In 1908 it was reported that ‘the coal is of inferior quality, but when mixed with Bengal variety is found satisfactory, and is largely used on the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]] and by the [[Public Works Department]] of the State; attempts are being made to manufacture briquettes
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_134.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 21, p. 128.]; Retrieved 28 May 2017</ref>. By 1910 the briquette plant was operational <ref name =RJ04/>
The Palana Colliery was connected to the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]] by a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line, 10 miles(16km) long.
It is not known when the Colliery or the destiny of the ‘Palana Colliery Railway’ branch line. There is no trace of its existence in the 1918 Ad
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n05/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 05 ]; Retrieved 28 May 2017</ref>
''No further information has been found.''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
A lignite quarry (although referred to as a colliery) opened at Palana in Bikaner in 1898 with the intention of being using the coal for locomotive use <ref name =RJ04>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry RJ04 page ....</ref>. In 1908 it was reported that ‘the coal is of inferior quality, but when mixed with Bengal variety is found satisfactory, and is largely used on the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]] and by the [[Public Works Department]] of the State; attempts are being made to manufacture briquettes
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_134.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 21, p. 128.]; Retrieved 28 May 2017</ref>. By 1910 the briquette plant was operational <ref name =RJ04/>
The Palana Colliery was connected to the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]] by a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line, 10 miles(16km) long.
It is not known when the Colliery or the destiny of the ‘Palana Colliery Railway’ branch line. There is no trace of its existence in the 1918 Ad
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n05/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 05 ]; Retrieved 28 May 2017</ref>
''No further information has been found.''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
