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*'''[[Salsette Trombay Railway]]''' The records show that eight SG locomotives dating from 1921-22 were supplied for the '[[Salsette Trombay Railway]]' which did not commence operations until 1928.
<blockquote>''It is interesting to speculate how, in the 1920's when BG was becoming the norm, both the 'Bombay City Improvement Trust' and the '[[Salsette Trombay Railway]]' came to use the Standard Gauge (SG)''</blockquote>
 =====Unique rail Gauges=====
*'''[[Nalhati-Azimganj Railway]]''', the original name for the [[Indian Branch Railway]]; constructed in 1863 used a 4ft(1222cm) gauge, later converted to BG.
*'''[[Sone Canal Construction Railway/Tramway]]''' used a 4ft(1222cm) gauge during the construction 1868-74
=====Gauge conversion=====
Following the introduction of the metre gauge, the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) occasionally allowed existing broad gauge lines to be converted to metre gauge and ''vice versa'' where expedient.
=====Transhipment=====
Despite four Commissions of Inquiry, the GoI did little te resolve the continuing problem of transhipment wherever there was a break-of-gauge.
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