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Gwalior Light Railway (GLR) or Maharaja Railway[1] was a Шаблон:Track gauge narrow-gauge railway network in Gwalior. It was set up for Gwalior State during the times of British India.[2] Until its closure in 2020, the railway was the longest Шаблон:TrackGauge gauge railway in the world.[1]

History

Файл:Indian Railway Heritage Logo-35 – Scindia State Railway (NCR).jpg
Logo from 1942 until 1947
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Train at Gwalior Station in 1904
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Gwalior in 1914 with the Gwalior Light Railway highlighted in red

The Gwalior Light Railway was built by the Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of the Gwalior State.[3] It was originally a 14-mile long private tramway.[4] Construction began in 1895 of the 53 mile Gwalior–Bhind line.[5] By 1897 it was 34 miles long and was used to bring in supplies to relieve the famine.[4] Both this section and the Gwalior–Shivpuri section opened on 2 December 1899 by Lord Curzon the Viceroy of India.[4] The Gwalior-Joura branch opened on 1 January 1904 and on 12 January 1904 the extension to Sabalgarh was opened. A further extension to Birpur opened on 1 November 1908 and the full line to Sheopur opened on 15 June 1909.[5] In October 1900, the Indian Midland Railway Company agreed to operate the railway on behalf of the Maharaja.[6]

In 1942, the Gwalior Light Railway was renamed the Scindia State Railway. In 1951, the system was purchased by the Central Railway.[7]

The railway was initially worked with steam locomotives, but later diesel locomotives were used. There was a plan to electrify the railway in the 1920s from a generating station below the Nanakura Dam, but this scheme was abandoned.[8]

Permanent way

The track was Шаблон:Convert flat-bottomed steel rails laid on a mix of Sal wood and iron sleepers. The minimum radius curve on the line was Шаблон:Convert and the steepest gradient was 1 in 40.[9]

Locomotives

Number Builder Works number Image Wheel arrangement Date built Date scrapped Notes
Kerr, Stuart and Company Файл:Gawlior Light Railway original locomotive.png Шаблон:Whyte 1893 The railway's original locomotive[3]
1 Kerr, Stuart and Company Файл:Gwalior Light Railway, Kerr Stuart locos.png Шаблон:Whyte [3]
2 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte [3]
3 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte [3]
4 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte [3]
5 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte 1904 [3]
6 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte 1904 [3]
7 Kerr, Stuart and Company Файл:Gwalior Light Railway locomotive No. 7.png Шаблон:Whyte 1904 [3]
8 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte 1904 [3]
9 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte 1904 [3]
10 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte 1904 [3]
11 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte 1904 [3]
12 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte 1904 [3]
18 Kerr, Stuart and Company Шаблон:Whyte 1915 [10]
Kerr, Stuart and Company Файл:Gwalior Light Railway Kerr Stuart locomotive.png Шаблон:Whyte 1917 [11]
26 Kerr, Stuart and Company 4400 Шаблон:Whyte 1928 [12]
27 Kerr, Stuart and Company 4401 Шаблон:Whyte 1928 [12]
28 Kerr, Stuart and Company 4402 Шаблон:Whyte 1928 [12]
29 Kerr, Stuart and Company 4403 Шаблон:Whyte 1928 [12]
34 W. G. Bagnall 2453 Шаблон:Whyte 1931 [13]
35 W. G. Bagnall 2454 Шаблон:Whyte 1931 [13]
36 W. G. Bagnall 2455 Шаблон:Whyte 1931 [13]
37 W. G. Bagnall 2456 Шаблон:Whyte 1931 [13]
38 W. G. Bagnall 2457 Шаблон:Whyte 1931 [13] Preserved on the Vale of Rheidol Light Railway[14]
39 W. G. Bagnall 2458 Шаблон:Whyte 1931 [13]
40 W. G. Bagnall 2459 Шаблон:Whyte 1931 [13]
41 W. G. Bagnall 2460 Шаблон:Whyte 1931 [13] Preserved on the Vale of Rheidol Light Railway[14]
42 Baldwin Locomotive Works 74071 Шаблон:Whyte 1948 1995 [15] NH/4 class
43 Baldwin Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte 1948 [15] NH/4 class. Preserved.
44 Baldwin Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte 1948 1995 [15] NH/4 class
45 Baldwin Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte 1948 1995 [15] NH/4 class
Nippon Sharyo Шаблон:Whyte 1959 NH/5 class
Nippon Sharyo Шаблон:Whyte 1959 NH/5 class
Nippon Sharyo Шаблон:Whyte 1959 NH/5 class
Nippon Sharyo Шаблон:Whyte 1959 NH/5 class

Rolling stock

In 1936, the company owned 28 locomotives, 90 coaches and 363 goods wagons.[16]

Classification

It was labeled as a Class III railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.[17][18]

Conversion to broad gauge

The Gwalior–Bhind section and the Gwalior–Shivpuri section were converted to Шаблон:Track gauge broad gauge in the early 2010s. The Gwalior–Sheopur Kalan section is under conversion to Шаблон:Track gauge broad gauge as of 2020.[19][20]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ 3,00 3,01 3,02 3,03 3,04 3,05 3,06 3,07 3,08 3,09 3,10 3,11 3,12 3,13 Шаблон:Cite news
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Шаблон:Cite news
  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite book
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  11. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  12. ↑ 12,0 12,1 12,2 12,3 Шаблон:Cite news
  13. ↑ 13,0 13,1 13,2 13,3 13,4 13,5 13,6 13,7 Шаблон:Cite news
  14. ↑ 14,0 14,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  15. ↑ 15,0 15,1 15,2 15,3 Шаблон:Cite web
  16. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  17. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  18. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  19. ↑ Heritage narrow gauge rail track to chug into history
  20. ↑ Western Railway is killing off the last of its 'toy trains'
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