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Before installing Automatic Point System was installed, hundreds of guards lost their hands and fingers trying to fix it manually. Every time a train got delayed and we complained, an Indian Railways employee probably lost his limbs for us.
Before installing Automatic Point System was installed, hundreds of guards lost their hands and fingers trying to fix it manually. Every time a train got delayed and we complained, an Indian Railways employee probably lost his limbs for us.
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First rail tunnel in india is Parsik tunnel in Thane, Maharashtra, India. This tunnel lies on Mumbai-Chennai mainline. This reduced the distance between Thane and Diva to 7 km from formal 9.6 km.
First rail tunnel in india is Parsik tunnel in Thane, Maharashtra, India. This tunnel lies on Mumbai-Chennai mainline. This reduced the distance between Thane and Diva to 7 km from formal 9.6 km.
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Though the Indian Railways enjoys a near monopoly in India, a few private railways do exist, left over from the days of the Raj, usually small sections on private estates, etc. There are also some railway lines owned and operated by companies for their own purposes, by plantations, sugar mills, collieries, mines, dams, harbours and ports, etc. The Mumbai Port Trust runs a BG railway of its own, as does the Madras Port Trust. The Calcutta Port Commission Railway of Calcutta Port Trust is a BG railway. The Visakhapatnam Port Trust has BG and NG, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm), railways.
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Though the Indian Railways enjoys a near monopoly in India, a few private railways do exist, left over from the days of the Raj, usually small sections on private estates, etc. There are also some railway lines owned and operated by companies for their own purposes, by plantations, sugar mills, collieries, mines, dams, harbours and ports, etc. The Mumbai Port Trust runs a BG railway of its own, as does the Madras Port Trust. The Calcutta Port Commission Railway of Calcutta Port Trust is a BG railway. The Visakhapatnam Port Trust has BG and NG, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm), railways.
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Fairy Queen is the oldest operating locomotive in the world today, though it is operated only for specials between Delhi and Alwar. John Bull, a locomotive older than Fairy Queen, operated in 1981 commemorating its 150th anniversary.
Gorakhpur Junction railway station also has the distinction of being the world's longest railway platform at 4,483 ft (1,366 m).
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Fairy Queen is the oldest operating locomotive in the world today, though it is operated only for specials between Delhi and Alwar. John Bull, a locomotive older than Fairy Queen, operated in 1981 commemorating its 150th anniversary.
Gorakhpur Junction railway station also has the distinction of being the world's longest railway platform at 4,483 ft (1,366 m).
The Ghum station...
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