Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Indian Railways - IR History-part 1/2/3/4/5/6/7

IR History: Early Days - I. The first trains in India. Chronology of railways in India, Part 1 (1832 - 1869)
IR History: Early Days - II. Contents. Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899) ... SIR on July 1 takes over GSIR (BG) and Carnatic Rly. (MG).
Jan 1, 2020 - Chronology of railways in India, Part 3 (1900 - 1947) ... 1900; GIPR network becomes state property on July 1, but the company is allowed to ...
Chronology of railways in India, Part 4 (1947 - 1970) Apr. 1: Mandra-Bhaun line taken over by state (now in Pakistan). ... Some 2955 route-km of NWR became the East Punjab Railway in India, leaving 8070km in the then West Pakistan.

RFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Part 5



Chronology of railways in India, Part 5 (1970 - 1995) 1 Up / 2 Dn Bombay-Howrah Mail via Nagpur is dieselized; it is hauled by an electric loco between Howrah and Rourkela and between Igatpuri and Bombay. June 30: The last WG is manufacturered by CLW (WG 10560 Antim Sitara). CLW produces its first WAM-4 locos.
IR History: Part - VI (1995 - 1999). Contents. Chronology of railways in India, Part 6 (1995 - 1999) ... April: The first WDP-1 loco is commissioned. April 2: New ...
Contents. Chronology of railways in India, Part 7 (2000 - present) ... 31: First trial run of a train run on 5% biodiesel blended fuel (Amritsar Shatabdi). [Disaster] ...