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Old Matheran Rail Car-899 (219).
This wooden bodied Rail Car was imported in 1932 from Graham-Paige based at Detroit, United States. It was attached with a petrol driven engine of six cylinders with 30 BHP. It was used on the 2 feet narrow-gauge line in Neral-Matheran hill Section.
Power to the wheels is transmitted by a chain, and the wheel arrangement is rather unique, 4-wheel bogie at front end, single axle at the rear. With a wooden body and a fuel tank capacity of 10 gallons, the car have a capacity of 12...
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passengers. Like all other railcars, this one is provided with a hand brake as well. Although there is one more similar railcar still in existence on the Neral-Matheran line and is used by inspection officials and does not run a regular service.