Industrial Locomotives of South Asia website launched
Simon Darvill has undertaken extensive research into industrial locomotives in south Asia, and the results have been compiled into a new website, www.ilsa.org.in which is now live. There are detailed...
View ArticleRailways of the Raj
A website which might be in interest to readers of this site is Railways of the Raj WELCOME TO THE RAILWAYS OF IMPERIAL INDIA This website sets out to capture the flavour of the Railways of the Raj,...
View ArticleAfghan fruit by rail
An article on the rail transport of Afghan fruit to markets in India. Fresh Fruits from Afghanistan to India! I fondly remember as a youngster – in late 1940’s and as late as early 50’s – the repeated...
View ArticleHajigak ore mine rail link plans
Afghanistan’s Minister for Mines, Wahidullah Shahrani, speaks to India’s Business Standard about tendering of the Hajigak iron ore mine project, which includes an integrated steel plant that will...
View ArticleNew book on Financing India’s Imperial Railways
A book to be published in September 2011 looks potentially very interesting: Financing India’s Imperial Railways, 1875–1914, by Stuart Sweeney. The Indian railway network began as a liberal experiment...
View ArticleIndian State Railways North West Frontier tourist guide
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View ArticleIndia, Iran and the port of Chabahar
Indian authorities initially planned to build a railway line from Chabahar to Zaranj, an Afghan town about 880 km away, so as to link up with the Zaranj-Delaram highway built by the Indians in...
View ArticleAfRA CEO meets India’s Minister of Railways
The Chief Executive of the Afghanistan Railway Authority and Afghanistan’s ambassador to India had a meeting with India’s Minister of Railways. AfRA meets India’s Minister of Railways
View ArticleMap of the country between Sind and Candahar showing the course of the...
Map Treasures from The Pamir Archive.Extract No 4221880 Richard Temple 'The Highway from the Indus to Candahar': "Map of the country between Sind and Candahar showing the course of the proposed...
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