November 28, 2015

1860 Bombay-Poona Railway Bridge Construction Photo-Present Trains Crossing

Very Rare Photo of Bombay -Poona Rail construction ( oldest Bore Ghat Viaduct - Bridge ) in Karjat - Lonavala Section . ( Around 1860 )

For 1860 c Photo , please Click :-

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Please note the construction going on the Right side of the Pic. A supply train is unloading construction material on a slide on the hill side .

In the above photo , shuttering for arches of the bridge are being built.


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Some thing like this pic( for giving idea only  on how arches of viaducts were constructed at that time )

http://ogimages.bl.uk/images/019/019PHO0000254S3U00030000%5BSVC2%5D.jpg

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We quote :-

" one of the oldest viaducts constructed during the inception of Rail Connectivity between Bombay and Poona dating back to the year 1858 still strong situated in the breath taking Bore Ghat section between Karjat & Lonavala.

The viaduct had 2 Meter gauge lines running at the start , later when the line was converted to Broad gauge it could only accommodate a single broad gauge line while additional lines were constructed parallel to this viaduct far apart. "

CreditYou Tube

Very Interesting

This Viaduct is still operational.

Watch this Video clip on You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNmqBlx66Hw


November 9, 2015

Chandni Chowk Delhi - Mughal and British times

Chandni Chowk Delhi during Mughal times with a canal in the middle( as it looked from the Red Fort )

https://whatshappbangalore.files.wor.../2013/02/1.jpg

Later during British times when Trams ran in Chandni Chowk ( Photos ), Signboards in the streets are all in Urdu
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/476044623082724164/

( Please read the Urdu Banner hanging near the left of Trams ceiling, which literally reads "Bijli Ka Haspatal"/"Electricity Hospital".!! )

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/563231497118766803/

October 27, 2015

Light Railway of Jagadhri - Centenary in 2011

 https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n255/mode/2up


Light Railway of Jagadhri started in 1911. It continued till around 1950 when it stopped operations .Coming of Motor Cars / Buses / Trucks made the Light Railway lose its economic viability .


Light Railway  used to run between main Jagadhri ( Yamunanagar ) railway station to Matka Chowk ( Gaushala ) ( also , called Chhoti Line in local parlance ) in old Jagadhri town  , a distance of 5 km.

Gauge of Tracks of Light Railway Jagadhri 2 '.i.e. 610 mm ( equivalent to Darjeeling Himalayan Line ).


Gauge of Narrow Gauge  Kalka - Shimla Railway Line is 2' 6" ). Otherwise  normal Indian BROAD GAUGE is 5 feet 6 inches


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Unigauge#/media/File:Project_Unigauge_(India).svg

The main line ( broad gauge ) was under NWR ( North Western Railway ). Main station  broad gauge line connected most important cities like Howrah ( Kolkata ) and Kalka , Mumbai and Amritsar , Lahore and Landi Kotal ( Peshawar ). VIP trains of those times like the Frontier Mail and Kalka Mail passed ( and still do ) through Main Jagadhri station.

Yamuanagar before 1947 was known as Abdullapur.

When the railway started , on the first day of its operation there was free Joy Ride for all.

Around 1930 the fare was one anna. ( One Rupee = 16 annas ).

The top speed of the Passenger trains was around 15 KM / Hour . It took 20 to 25 minutes for one way 5 Km journey.

There were a couple of manned railway crossings ( Phataks ) and a couple of Halts en route.

Light Railway passenger trains ran their schedules ( like Shuttle trains ) in  co ordination with important train stoppages at the Main Yamunanagar Stations

At Jagadhri Terminus , goods could be booked even for connecting destinations of Broad gauge ( example from Jagadhri town to Kolkata ). Railway Receipt ( RR ) were issued . Similarly , composite  passenger tickets / reservations were available for onward Broad Gauge destinations in India.

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The Light Railway was a privately owned enterprise ( by the Raja family of Jagadhri ) named " JAGADHRI LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED ".

.. The Jagadhri Light Railway CompanyLimited, was a joint stock company having its ... It had a fully paid-up capital of Rs1,20,000 divided into 600 shares of Rs. 200 each.

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There still exists a ( Light ) Railway Bazar in Jagadhri but no railway station or railway line. The line has gone and so have gone nearly all the traces of the railway line.

Platform no. 1 at the Main  Jagadhri ( Yamunanagar ) station was originally the terminus platform of the   Light Railway . After the closure of the Light Railway this terminus was redone to incorporate it with the Main Line station . But some traces of the old Light Railway terminus and goods yard are still visible . Even today nearly all important trains pass through Platforms No . 2 and 3 and not No. 1 ( i.e. the old Light Railway Platform / terminus  )






RAILWAY LINE FROM YAMUNANAGAR TO JAGADHRI


There are some traces of the Light Railway at the Jagadhri ( Yamunanagar ) Railway Station  from the Station Masjid towards the Main Radaur Road railway crossing ( Sugar Mill )


After Main Radaur Road Railway Crossing ( Phatak ) at Yamunanagar , the rail track entered the compound of the Paper Mill ( it passed through the front open ground of the Paper Mills. There was a Phatak within the Mill.

After leaving the Paper Mill , the track more or less , ran parallel to the Main   YamunaNagar ( Railway Station ) -Jagadhri ( Chhuchhrauli )  Dual Road .

After closure of the Light Railway its track was removed and the alignment was converted to a Road.

Now , shops / houses have come up on both sides to the erstwhile railway track ( Model Town on Yamunanagar side ) . Paper Mill closed the entrance points of the Light Railway on its both sides )

Present day Pics ( from Yamunanagar Onwards to Jagadhri )


JAGADHRI ( YAMUNAGAR )

Old Light Railway Yard
Old Light Railway Terminus Redone ( Platform No. 1 )
Road Between Station  Masjid and Radaur Road Yamunanagar Bazar ( This Road is on the Light Railway track ))
Light Railway From Yamunanagar Railway Station to Paper Mill  Compound )
Iron Pillars near Station Masjid mark the alignment of Light Railway Track
After this PAPER MILL


AFTER LEAVING PAPER MILL COMPOUND ( towards Jagadhri )



Jagadhri ( Matka Chowk ) What used to be old Terminus 

Old Jagadhri Terminus. There was a marshalling yard for goods train ( where loading / unloading was done   ) and a Turntable / Wheelhouse ) for turning the sides of the engine.
     An Example of Turntable  ( for guidance only , may be like this in Jagadhri)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_turntable#/media/File:Wagon_turntable.jpg

For How Shimla Narrow Gauge Turntable works ( for Guidance only )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afk4-luoT5M
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Jagadhri Light Railway / Track some what like this Darjeeling Line :-

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Example s ( Videos ) For Demonstration Only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJhrwfqVack&nohtml5=False

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLcHoJNedvw&nohtml5=False

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Light Railway Steam Engine Train ( Representational / For Example Only )




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Jalandhar residents with Jagadhri links want the Government to celebrate the centenary of Light Railway

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For Sahukara Bank of Jagadhri , please click :-


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For  Shree Gopal Paper Mills ( of Abdullahapur , now , Yamunanagar ), please click :-

October 18, 2015

Pics -Motor Cars and Bombay ( Mumbai ) in early 20 th Century

Motor Car History in Pics of Bombay as seen in the eyes of one of the oldest Car Dealers :Bombay Cycles :-


http://www.bcma.in/pdf/history.pdf



Very Rare Pic of Netaji Subhash Chander Bose in 1943



1943::Subhas Chandra Bose (2nd L front row) being Transferred from German Submarine U-180 to Japanese submarine I 29

http://i.imgur.com/yOgVdWY.png

October 10, 2015

Rare Photos India Early 20 th Century

Please Click :-  25 Pics


Pic No. 23 - 1947 - Partition -Many a time , a British Govt Department a single volume of Encyclopedia Britannica. Then Volumes A to K went to one Country and Volumes L to Z to the Other !

Please Click the link :-

http://www.slideshare.net/mrityunjaykumar9/old-and-rare-photographs-from-indian-history-presentation


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Please go through the Photo No. and click the Pic

Please Click the Link :-

http://www.slideshare.net/Vamsi040in...ndia?related=2

June 8, 2015

1776- Rare Map of Bengal Signed by Directors of East India Company

VERY RARE MAP OF BIHAR and BENGAL -1776

Please Click :-

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/1776_Rennell_-_Dury_Wall_Map_of_Bihar_and_Bengal%2C_India_-_Geographicus_-_BaharBengal-dury-1776.jpg

Please Enlarge ( + )- Move to Extreme Right - to read the names of Board of Directors 

( DIRECTORS FOR MANAGING THE AFFAIRS  OF THE HONOURABLE UNITED COMPANY OF MERCHANTS OF ENGLAND TRADING TO THE EAST INDIES )

March 3, 2015

Central Provinces Railway Company-VERY UNIQUE ( RARE COMPANY

 In Operation Since 1910.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4041983.stm

Running Trains ( Shakuntala Express ) between Yavatmal and Murtijapur ( Maharashtra ) . Length 189 Kilometers.

The Railway line was build in the 19 th Century originally to transport Indian cotton to the textile Mills of Manchester ( England ) 

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Probably the only listed Privately Owned Passenger Rail Company  still running ( Other Listed  Share is CONCOR - Container Corp. but this is a Govt. Company and in container and not passenger transport )
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Central Provinces Railway


Share Capital : Rs. 94 Lakh

Balance Sheet

http://www.moneycontrol.com/financials/centralprovincesrailwaycompany/balance-sheet/CPR#CPR

Annual Report 2013-14

http://www.moneycontrol.com/annual-report/centralprovincesrailwaycompany/CPR/2014

Company's Official Website

http://www.thecentralprovincerailways.com/

January 1, 2015