Category:
Railway History
Blurb of Book:
The objective of this book is not only to take you on a journey down memory lane, but to also showcase a glorious transitional saga from the steam age to the present technology intensive age.
Name of Publisher:
Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railway
Edition of the Book:
First
Print Year:
2008
Print Location:
Mumbai, India
Where to buy:
CPRO, Western Railway,
A Book that gives details on the inception of the BB&CI Railway in the nineteenth century, its expansion, building of the metre gauge line of the Rajputana Malwa Railway and the narrow gauge lines of western India. It also narrates the transition from steam traction to diesel and electric and describes a range of its rollingstock. The modernisation of the system under the successor Western Railway up to the new millenium is also explained. A useful reference book.