REGIONAL RAIL MUSEUM, HOWRAH
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REGIONAL RAIL MUSEUM, HOWRAH
Note: This write-up was penned in 2015
In December 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Thailand from Cambodia and the Gulf of Thailand, in response to which Britain sent out Prince of Wales and Repulse.
The Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CI), one of the first guaranteed railway companies in India, opened the Ankleshwar- Bharuch broad gauge line on 22nd June, 1860.
It all started in early 1850s when Khanderao, the Maharaja of Vadodara built a line between Miyagam Karjan and Dabhoi. It was on 2’6” gauge with rails weighing 13 lbs to a yard.
Paralakhemedi Light Railway (PLR) was two feet six inches gauge railway. It was the brainchild of the erstwhile Raja of Paralakhemedi.
Relics of India's first railway at Bhandup and Mumbra stations in Mumbai dismantled to build new footver bridges and other station upgrades have been planned to be exhibits of pride at the UNESCO-l