Ajai Banerji – Delhi to Lucknow by Metre Gauge in 1976
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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
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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
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
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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. […]
Shashanka Nanda – The little trains to nowhere
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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. […]