Tfcinir – Indian Railways – Metric Gauge

Ajai Banerji – Delhi to Lucknow by Metre Gauge in 1976

Por |enero 15th, 2023|

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It was possible

to travel by metre gauge

all the way from Delhi

to Lucknow in 1976

and for many years

after that.

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Ajai Banerji – Madras to Ahmedabad by Metre Gauge in 1976

Por |diciembre 19th, 2022|

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The Navjivan Express

started running in the late 1970s.

It was the first train from South India to Gujarat.

Until then the usual practice was to change at Bombay,

and the interchange between CR and WR

was puzzling to those travelling for the first time.

However, it was theoretically possible

to travel entirely by metre gauge

between Madras and Ahmedabad.

This became a little simpler with the opening

of the Udaipur-Himatnagar line in the mid-1960s.

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La mirada del mendigo – Ferrocarriles – 08 – Cinco pies y seis pulgadas – India

Por |octubre 20th, 2018|

Enorme locomotora de vía ancha en la India.

A la izquierda, unos niños que venden “Poori-Aaloo”.

Naturalmente, la máquina parece todavía más grande…

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Vendors, dwarfed by the towering CNB WAP-4 # 22266, ready themselves to hop on to the train to continue their sales of “Poori-Aaloo”. The train is Lucknow bound Gomti Express!!!!

Fotografía de Ankit Bharaj  –  ankitwap7  en  Flickr

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Hoy, si usted quiere, podríamos hablar un poco más

de un ancho de vía muy importante en Asia y América.

Es el que menciona el Informe Subercase como:

“en el Dundee a Arbroath y de Arbroath a Forfar de 6,03” pies.

Obviamente, castellanos.

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Nikos Kavoori – India’s Meter Gauge Railways – Map

Por |septiembre 18th, 2017|

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Ok here we go… first draft

of the entire country MG map.

Big thanks again to Mick Pope 

for the historic maps

and Uttam Padukone 

for the firsthand knowledge

and to everyone who helped

in the comments of previous posts.

Really amazing

how much of the country used to be MG

compared what was left

when I started to become interested. […]

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Shashanka Nanda – The little trains to nowhere

Por |mayo 5th, 2017|

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Over the last decade or so,

India has accelerated the pace of replacing

its narrow and meter gauge railways

with the bigger, faster broad gauge. […]

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