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Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a deparmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. [ a ] As of 2023 [update] , it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a track length of 132,310 km (82,210 mi), running track ...
The history of the Indian Railway began in 1832 with the proposal to construct the first railway line in India at Madras.In 1837, the first train ran on Red Hill railway line between Red Hills and Chintadripet in Madras and was hauled by a rotary steam engine imported from England.
The Indian locomotive class SP (Standard Passenger) were a class of 4-4-0 passenger broad-gauge locomotives introduced around 1905 [a] that were one of seven standard locomotive designs developed by the British Engineering Standards Committee (BESC) (later the British Engineering Standards Association (BESA)) for the broad-gauge railways of British India.
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge rack railway in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu was opened in 1908 and is the only operational rack railway in India. [ 179 ] [ 178 ] These railways operate with its own dedicated fleet of locomotives and coaches.
The Indian locomotive class WT was a class of 2-8-4 T heavy tank locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge lines in India from 1960. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These locomotives were built to operate local trains in Eastern Railways zone on Howrah to Burdwan main line.
Tirhut Railway (originally Tirhoot State Railway) was originally owned by the Raj Darbhanga and later by the provincial government. Its ownership was later transferred to the Government of India which operated it as part of the Indian State Railways from opening to late 1886, as the Tirhoot Railway from late 1886 to 30 June 1890 and by the Bengal and North Western Railway from 1 July 1890.
The class WDS-1 was a diesel-electric locomotive used by Indian Railways for shunting and carrying out departmental works. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Shunting (S) 1st generation (1). The WDS-1 is used mostly in the Northern Railway Zone (NR). All these locomotives were withdrawn from service by the late 1990s.
The Indian locomotive class WM was a class of 2-6-4T tank locomotives used on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge lines in India from 1942. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A total of 70 of them were delivered new, and another four were converted from existing class WV engines.