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Matheran Hill Light Railway

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The '''[[File:Matheran Hill Light Railway''' was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge.png|thumb|NG]Matheran Light Railway]) mountain railway near Bombay (Mumbai). The privately financed line was 12 miles (19km) in length and opened in 1907.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n87/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 79]; Retrieved 9 Feb 2016</ref>
The '''Matheran Hill Light Railway''' was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) mountain railway near Bombay (Mumbai). The privately financed line was 12 miles (19km) in length and opened in 1907. The line was owned by the ‘Matheran Steam Light Tramway Company’ who provided all the ‘rolling stock, locomotives and plant, and maintain the way and works.... the keeping and auditing of the Revenue Accounts being under the control of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway| Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company’ (GIPR]]<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n87/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 79-80 (pdf 87-88)]; Retrieved 7 Feb 2018</ref>. The line ran from the GIPR station at [[Neral]] to [[Matheran]] and is in some records described as the '''Neral-Matheran Light Railway''' and also as the '''Matheran Light Railway''' [[Everard Richard Calthrop ]] was the consulting engineer. Unusually for a railway for which he designed it was of 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]), with tight curves and 1 in 20 (5%) grades.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop Wikipedia "Matheran Light Railway"]; Retrieved 9 Feb 2016</ref>
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