Our Heritage

ऩशचिभ भधम यर

West Central railway

OUR HERITAGE An awareness publication by Heritage Section West Central Railway Jabalpur

Marble Falls Jabalpur MP Sanchi Bhopal MP Khajuraho Temple Chattarpur MP

Our Heritage West Central Railway 2013-14 Page 2

British and Princely Statesrsquo Railways Map in the year 1909


Sl No

Contents Page No

1 Editorial 3

2 GMrsquos Message 4

3 CMErsquos Message 5

4 Chief Heritage Officers Message on WCR Heritage policy amp Action Plan 6

5 Calcutta met Bombay- By Sh Manoj Pandey CPOSER and ex- CPOWCR 8

6 ऩभय भ विचि हयीटज ददिस का ऩारनए 18 अपरर 2013 13

7 Yester- effortsmdashA tribute to our forefathers Available Photo features on making of the rail routes tunnels etc

17

8 Heritage Bridges of Jabalpur Division- Photos of Bridges 20

9 Heritage Bridges of Bhopal Division - Photos of Bridges 21

10 KOTA-NAGDA Section with Dara Cutting of WCR- Photos 25

11 Heritage Bridges of Kota Division- Photos of Bridges 29

12 Evolution of IR Bridgesrsquo technology- By Sh VN Mathur Member Traffic (Retd) a Photo feature

30

13 Process flow chart for life assessment of Heritage Bridges at High Axle Load 34

14 Heritage Buildings of Jabalpur Division- Photos of Buildings 35

15 Heritage Buildings of Bhopal Division- Photos of Buildings 37

16 Heritage Buildings of Kota Division- Photos of Buildings 43

17 Evolution of IR Buildingsrsquo Architectures- By Sh VN Mathur Member Traffic (Retd) a Photo

feature

44

18 Miscellaneous signals electric locos rail routes in the midst of picturesque landscape Photo

feature

61

19 Kota Heritage park - Photo Feature 64

20 Locomotives of WCR Photo feature 66

21 GOC may inspire Kota Workshop (WRS) in NRMrsquos loco maintenance ndasha photo feature 69

22 वियासत ऩमयटन साॊसकततक वियासत ऩमयटन भपर ऩमयटन 70

23 History of Electrification of Indian Railway 76


EDITORIAL

Dear Sir We hardly intend to miss the opportunities to see the Museum Palaces Forts Ancient remains of socio-religious and cultural structures besides the Natural Beauties whenever we happen to visit a city or town for the first time whether within the country or it is in the abroad Why This sublime and eternal quest to know the yester-efforts of our ancestors are somewhat inherently and organically more generic than volubly argumentative they may be either the ruling leaderspatronsconnissers of the time or those being the ruled - the engineers the architects the craftsmen the guilds and the artisans Digging into the memory line I recollect a classic article named ldquoOur Heritagerdquo taken from the selections of my middle school English Textbook written by the eminent exponent of Indian Heritage and Heritage Tourism Movement Shri Mulk Raj Anand who first made me acquainted with the very word ldquoHeritagerdquo in an indisputably simple but a mystic fashion in following words ldquothere was once only one God called The Brahma and He wanted to be many and this whole and diverse Universe came into existence Since everything was created by Him there is an innate intrinsic desire within all of us to unite with Himrdquo This is the ethos of Indian Heritage amp Culture Shri Anand expounded in his theory from father grandfather and so on till we ultimately reach to the Param Pita The Brahma This awareness publication of ldquoOur Heritagerdquo is intended to acknowledge and pay soulful homage to the efforts of our forefathers who are silently lying in the layers of present form of this beautiful civilization we are living in now with comfort peace and prosperity As some benchmark pre-independance heritage items both movables and immovables have been attempted to present but shades of some of the post-independence items have naturally appeared for completion and continuity of illustrations of the subject and collaboratorsrsquo designs due to technological subservieacutence in absence of strong RampD infrastructure in the post-independance intial years in India lsquoIndian Railwaysrsquo Heritage Buildings and Bridgesrsquo as presented in the annual workshop on Railwaysrsquo Heritage in NAIR (previously RSC) Vadodara by ShVNMathur Member Traffic (Retd) have been put in juxtaposition with those of BB amp CI(WR) and GIP(CR) itemsThey are ancestors of present WCR This will encourage our readers engineers and users to compare and identify analogically amp analytically the unique Heritage features of the existing items developed by then available resources skills as well as the local constraints of the British Indian and Princely State Railways I further acknowledge the contributions guidance encouragement and help provided by Shri Piyush Mathur CPROWCR and his section Shri SK Prasad Chief Heritage OfficerWCR Shri Kaushal Kishore Chief Engr(TP)WCR and Ex-member of Heritage Core Group ShriRNSunkar Chief Bridge EngrWCR Shri CL VishwakarmaSSEMechanical and Shri Yogesh Chaure JE of Mechanical depttHQ who put in tireless hard work in making this first publication possible by turning the nights into the days I convey my Gratitudes and Courtesies to all those writers authorities whose valuable articles and photographs have enlightened the contents of this awareness publication of Heritage section in WCRHQ ldquoNothing succeeds like successrdquo is the proverbial truth but not without the love and compassion I earnestly appeal to detach from any strange fits of sudden passion if flashes in the ldquoMarabar Cavesrdquo while ldquoA Passage to Indiardquo and disclaim the legal tangles unlike Dr Aziz while making cut-paste attempts of this first awareness publication Finally I pray to the Almighty that all of us enjoy the pervasive blessings together that our forefathers keep showering on us in slumber

With grateful thanks Sir

(SHIBAJI MONDAL)

Dy CME (Heritage)WCR




Ramesh Chandra General Manager

MESSAGE

I am extremely glad to patronise the Heritage Section and Heritage Core Group of West

Central Railway Head Quarter for taking the first of its kind initiative to publish an Awareness

Journal on ldquoOur Heritagerdquo of West Central Railway on the occasion of the World Heritage Day on

18th April 2014 This is in particular and with reference to erstwhile Central Railway Western

Railway and previous GIP and BB amp CI whose truncated parts form the jurisdiction of present WC

Railway

This initiative will definitely inspire our employees and encourage our rail users to contribute

more ideas concepts and informative suggestions to enrich our contributions knowledge and

enlighten our comprehension

I trust that you will definitely enjoy the articles and photo features of this first awareness

publication of Heritage Section and also contribute with better information to expand our

knowledge bank for our future generation also

I appreciate the good efforts made by the Heritage Group in publishing the above journal and

convey my best wishes to the entire team

(Ramesh Chandra)




Shri Alok Dave Chief Mechanical Engineer

Message of the CMEWCR and Chief Patron of Heritage section in WCR

I am extremely glad to patronise the Heritage section and Heritage Core Group WCR for

taking the first initiative to publish an awareness journal on ldquoOur Heritagersquorsquo of WCR in particular

and with reference of our earlier joint family of Central Railway and parts of Western Railway and

earlier GIP and BB amp CI railways in general This initiative will definitely inspire our employees

and encourage our railway users to contribute more ideas items concepts and informative

suggestions to enrich our efforts in future and enlighten our comprehension

I wish that you will definitely enjoy the articles and photo features of this first awareness

publication of Heritage section and also contribute with better information to develop our


I wish this first effort all the success

(Alok Dave)


Shri SKPrasad Chief Heritage Officer

Message on Heritage policy amp action plan of WCR

In a recently concluded annual workshop held in National Academy of Indian Railways (earlier Railway Staff College) Vadodara from 211013 to 231013 on Indian Railwayrsquos Heritage the Boardrsquos policy was once again clarified and experiences shared among other Railwaysrsquo participating officials on similar attempts to conserve Railwaysrsquo Heritage For example CST BuildingCRHQ in Mumbai and DHRNFR were presented which earned UNESCO Heritage status and attract tourism Resolution over conservation of heritage lines sites ambience theme site buildings and structures skylines monuments bridges locomotives and carriages machineries and plants furniturersquos utensils and cutleries paintings and photographs monograms and logos old maps manuscripts literature cut-models and prototype models etc which inspire fascinating history and phased evolutionary progress and development of Indian Railways through journeys form its inception and they need to be identified honoured and conserved in a conscious manner although all of them cannot be retained in their original forms Some of these are not only rich in engineering excellences and architectural uniqueness to contribute in the knowledge bank of the subjects they have also been rigorously studied recently by eminent engineers scholars and academecians for enhancement of residual life analysis to withstand in present day heavier traffic load with reliability The growth history of Indian Railways indicates varied contribution of this geographical terrain which constitutes the jurisdiction of present WC Rly In view of the Boardrsquos directive and reiteration in the annual workshop the existing core Heritage Group of WCR will invite a meeting at the Zonal HQ level Hence it is desired that at least 10 itemsideassites from each department is forwarded for consideration which will be followed by a seminar and presentation in presence of heritage core team at HQ to arrive at a consensus action plan for preservation of Rlyrsquos heritage in WCR As such a proposal for setting up a Rly Museum in WCR has been prepared for approval besides some local attempts at divisional and unit level are already taken to preserve and display in railwayrsquos parks and premises of the offices colonies and workshops Further a portal for Railwaysrsquo Heritage website are also under proposal Present WCR is truncated portion of erstwhile CR amp WR Attempts have been made to print more photographs than articles for easy and quick comprehension of WCRrsquos heritage in the backdrop of the erstwhile CR (GIP Railway) and WR (BB amp CI Railway) I wish this publication will be a success for the cause of Heritage movement over West Central Railway Thanking you

(SKPrasad)


West Central Railway


WHEN BOMBAY MET CALCUTTA

AuthorShri Manoj Pande

CPOSE Railway ExCPOWCR

Railways were established in India for various reasons In some areas they started as famine works in others as commercial enterprises and in some as ventures of enlightened rulers A substantial growth in the network was via private companies incorporated in England East Indian Railway (EIR) and Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIP) were two of them

Though the credit for the first train in India goes to GIP (April 16 1853) it was the EIR which started the work of

laying lines earlier and grew faster in the Initial years Earlier Times Major Highways in India had for centuries radiated from the inland centres like Delhi Lahore Agra Mirzapur etc towards the established port towns The process was reversed in regards to the railways Bombay and Calcutta places of no importance prior to the advent of the East India Company became the points from where the railway network spread into mainland India GIP started from Bombay and EIR from Calcutta into the interior of the country Jabalpur is in a way the heart of India About 50 kms from Jabalpur is the village Manohargaon in Katni district which is the Geographical Centre point of India Jabalpur was ruled by various Gond rulers and lastly by the Bhonsles of Nagpur till it was annexed by the British in 1817 The traditional trade route from Nagpur to Mirzapur passed through Jabalpur It was thus natural that the city figured in the plans of both GIP and EIR EIR comes to Jabalpur The distance from Jabalpur to Calcutta was 733 miles Railway had already reached Allahabad Work on the Naini Jabalpur section was started in 1863-64 and completed in 1867 The line opened for general traffic on August 1 1867- a distance of 222 miles Its route closely followed the Mirzapur road The stations between Naini and Jabalpur were built by the EIR Some structures with distinctive architectural features of EIR still remain Jabalpur station building was constructed by EIR It had a stone edifice with a beautiful faccedilade of arches and a portico Much later the station was expanded with a new lsquofrontagersquo that eclipsed the earlier features It has been lsquoimprovedrsquo and lsquobeautifiedrsquo further with additions of the ubiquitous Kota stone granite and modern signages However distinctive architectural features of the old structure do still manage to show through especially on Platform No 1 Jules Verne a Frenchman wrote the famous novel ldquoAround the World in Eighty daysrdquo A part of this journey is in India from Bombay to Calcutta by train Here is an extract ldquoFormerly one was obliged to travel in India by the old cumbrous methods of going on foot or on horseback in palanquins or unwieldy coaches now fast steamboats ply on the Indus and the Ganges and a great railway with branch lines joining the main line at many points on its route traverses the peninsula from Bombay to Calcutta in three dayshelliphellip helliphelliphellipThe train stopped at eight oclock in the midst of a glade some fifteen miles beyond Rothal where there were several bungalows and workmens cabins The conductor passing along the carriages shouted Passengers will get out here hellip

Power Horse of the Past Railway Routes- Ruled by Steam engine Phileas Fogg looked at Sir Francis Cromarty for an explanation but the general could not tell what meant a halt in the midst of this forest of dates and acacias helliphellip rushed out and speedily returned crying Monsieur no more railway What do you mean asked Sir FrancisI mean to say that the train isnt going on


This is a work of fiction yet partly true The book was published in 1873 though the two cites were linked in 1870 But a Frenchman could hardly be expected to be current about the railway network of another country in another continent William Henry Sleeman (1788-1856) is the man widely credited with having rid the region of the thugee menace Jabalpur Mirzapur road was once the area of the notorious thugs who used to kill and rob the travellers Sleeman spent considerable part of his service in the region In March 1828 he assumed the civil and executive charge of Jabalpur and in 1835 he was given the task of suppression of thugee He spent some time in unearthing their language and practices More than 3000 thugs were convicted Hundreds were hanged publicly and an alternate means of livelihood was provided to the survivors A reformatory school at Jabalpur started by him taught occupational trades like brick making building work carpet weaving etc He secured 96 acres of land from the government to settle landless farmers The village was named Sleemanabad The police station building designed by him was constructed in 1843 Trials of thugs took place here Nearby were the structures where they were hanged These can be seen from the Sleemanabad Road station The GIP line towards Jabalpur was built at a feverish pace It reached Itarsi on January 1 1870 Sohagpur (3069 miles) on February 1 1870 and Sohagpur to Jabalpur (12136 miles) on March 8 1870 One of the largest works encountered in the Jabalpur Itarsi line was the bridge over the mighty Narmada The Gazetteer quoting the report of the administration of the Central provinces mentions that large quantities of building material came by exhuming the remains of temple edifices and ancient cities found in shapeless masses covered with earth that had accumulated over the centuries The engineers involved in the construction of the line faced numerous problems Not only were there difficulties in the supply of girders and sleepers of good quality there were difficulties of inhospitable terrain and thick jungles infested with mosquitoes There were outbreaks of epidemics like cholera and small pox that caused large number of deaths of the construction labour The executive officer-in-charge Mr Smith was carried off by cholera and the Inspector of Works Mr Boast died of Small Pox Mr RMBrereton the Chief Engineer in his letter No 5562 of 1869 dated August 141869 to the Agent said that severity of cholera and small pox had kept a large number of the usual hands from upper India away from work and as a consequence labour had to be imported from Poona and Deccan districts He records that ldquo I am satisfied that but for the extraordinary exertions of the engineers and the contractors it would not have been possible to have had the through line to Jubbulpore before the cold season of 1870-71rdquo The Builders East Indian Railway Henry Peveril LeMesurier (1828-1889) was the Chief Engineer for the lsquoJubbulporerdquo project In 1854 he joined EIR as an Assistant Engineer and rose rapidly He worked on surveys and construction of the EIR main line and in 1859he was appointed CE for the Jubbulpore extension and remained so till 1868 By October 1869he was the Agent of GIP In February 1877 he left India to become a member and later President of the Board of Administration of the Egyptian railways He was a representative of a group of British railway engineers who went to India early in their careers made a name for themselves and then went on to achieve a greater distinction elsewhere Charles Innes Spencer was LeMesurierrsquos second in command while the contractorsrsquo chief agent was Mark W Carr Carr had served apprenticeship in Robert Stevensonrsquos firm and had great experience of railways in Britain After this project he built a railway in Hungary Later he branched off to mining in Spain and Mexico Waring Brothers amp Hunt were the contractors for this project Warring Brothers were the sons of John Waring a well-known public works contractor in England who undertook major railway contracts throughout the world James Hunt who had successfully carried out some EIR work in the past was their link with India Richard Shaw Brundell and John M Easton were two trained engineers employed by the contractors to execute the Jubbulpore project After this project was complete they formed their own contracting firm based in Jabalpur The first contract they secured was to maintain the Jubbulpore line for two years and to complete extensions and additions to the stations Great Indian Peninsula Railway RMBrereton was the Chief Engineer of the North East Division to Jabalpur while Mr Jeoff Wright was the Resident Engineer and TNPearson the Special Engineer Mr Brereton executed his work brilliantly and earned good name for his effectiveness but had none too good relations with the Agent In a letter of 24101868 the Agent has adversely commented upon the action of Mr Brereton in ordering a special train for himself to go to Jabalpur Ian J Kerr notes that by this time a pool of men experienced in railway engineering in India had come into existence and they moving sequentially from project to project and from railway companies to contractors provided the engineering and organisational expertise which was often lacking in the 1850s

Our Heritage West Central Railway 2013-14 0

An interesting feature of the railway line in Jabalpur city is the four underbridges that were built in the initial stages of the construction of the track The location of the main station and the decision for these under bridges was taken with the active involvement of Col MPRickets who was the Deputy Commissioner at that time Girders were placed on embankments with the help of trained elephants which were being used to load timber in the wagons The city of Jabalpur still refers to these bridges while giving directions Zonal headquarters office of WCR for instance is near the first bridge The link is established A galaxy of eminent persons were present a Jabalpur on Monday March 81870 The occasion was graced by The Duke of Edinburgh who arrived from Allahabad and the Viceroy Lord Mayo who arrived from Bombay with the Governor of Bombay Sir Seymour Fitzgerald Among other dignitaries present were the Commander in Chief Resident at Hyderabad Maharajas of Rewa Holkar Panna and the Raja of Maihar The train carrying the Viceroy left Bori Bunder on Sunday at 915 AM and arrived in Jabalpur at about 7 PM the following day The train took about 2 hours extra due to running of two special trains before that of the Viceroy and to the fact that the Viceroyrsquos train was longer as the Governor of Bombayrsquos train was added to it The engines were new and there were festivities en route Immediately on reaching the station there was a general rush to the place where the rails of GIP and EIR were to be joined The Viceroy received the silver plated hammer from Mr Le Messurier and having struck the silver key that connected the two rails handed the hammer to His Royal Highness who also gave the key a stroke after which the Viceroy said- ldquothe communication between Bombay and Calcutta is now openrdquo There was an elegant Banquet in the night hosted by the GIP attended by the high and mighty of the region and the country Lord Mayorsquos speech on the occasion said ldquo In a generation we have placed in India as great results of British enterprise as exist in any other part of the world and those gigantic monuments of early rule will for ages remain as lasting memorials of the good we have done and of the benefits we have conferred on the people of this countryrdquo The place where EIR and GIP joined is on Platform 1 where two electric poles of EIR still stand unknown to all It is a matter of time before they too are uprooted in yet another round of station beautification Educational Facilities Mr GPThomas the then Resident Engineer wrote to the East Indian Railway Board of Agency that ldquo there are no schools in Jubbulpore where the companyrsquos employeesrsquo children can go except the school in the barracks which is at too great a distance I would solicit the favour of a little assistance in the way of funds for the purpose of furnishing a school roomrdquo Half a bungalow at Jabalpur was permitted by the EIR for being given rent free for the proposed school with a monthly grant of Rs20 A school opened on June 1 1870 with Rev WBDrawbridge the Chaplain of the Christ Church near the Railway station as its founder It further got a grant-in-aid of Rs 50 from the government in 1872 The letter dated June 5 1872 from the Inspector General of Education Central Provinces Nagpur to Rev WBDrawbridge said ldquo I have much pleasure in informing you that the Chief Commissioner has been pleased to sanction a grant-in-aid of Rs50 pm to the Jabalpur School for railway employees from April 1 1872helliphelliprdquo

Bombay Howrah Mail Approaching Gurrah station Steam Engine hauling a passenger train The school was conducted according to the principles of the Church of England for the education of the European and Anglo Indian children GIPR had a representative in the school committee as did EIR Extracts of the minute books dated April 4 1903 read thus- ldquo the Hon Secy having drawn the attention of Mr Reston Resident Engineer GIPR that he had not attended any of the committeersquos meetings Mr Reston replied that ldquo I have no recollection of receiving notice from you of any such meetingrdquo The Hon Secy showed three envelopes in which notices had been circulated signed by Mr Reston himself As late as 1922 there were 110 boys on roll of which 60 percent were of parents employed or connected with the railways GIPR contributed Rs 2500 pa while EIR made grant of Rs 3 pm of parents employed in the railways


Today Christ Church Schools (separate for boys and girls) are one of the best schools in Jabalpur The railways give no grant anymore and the committee has no railway representative Children of many railway officers and children study here though they are now a very small number It is noteworthy to mention here that the present Principal of the boysrsquo school Mr Ladlie Mathews served the railways for a short stint before entering the far more satisfying field of education RAIL BORNE TRADE Before the opening of the railway the trade was carried on by the Banjaras and others by means of pack-bullocks Construction of the lines to Calcutta and Bombay led a very large rise in the prices of agricultural produce and gave the greatest stimulus to the district trade Murwara (near Katni) became a major exporter of limestone Paint prepared from iron ore by one Mr Olpherts which was used for painting ships and railway wagons was another important export With the passage of time change in policies and industrialization the traffic pattern also changed A comparison of a few stations over 100 years is quite revealing The stations of yesteryears have gradually gone down in loading for various reasons TABLE Exports of certain key stations over a span of 100 years from 1904 and 2004

Station YEAR

1904

(Quintals)

1954

(Quintals)

2004-2005

(Quintals)

Katni-

Murwara 619320 601320 209220

Jabalpur 408520 286400 Closed

Sihora 146000 56600 Closed

Niwar 5320 38600 223270

Deori 36240 2640 Closed

Sleemnabad 69800 62440 Closed

The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908) records that wheat gram pulses and oilseeds (sesame rapeseed mustard) are the principal exports Hemp is sent to both Calcutta and Bombay for export to England Considerable quantities of ghee and forest produce (lac mahuva ) are despatched from Jubbulpore but most of this comes from Seoni and Mandla Hides and horns bones and dried beef are also largely exported Other exports were limestone bauxite cement and porcelain Salt came from Sambhar lake Bombay amp Gujarat Sugar from Mauritius and gur from Bihar Kerosene oil was universally used for lighting Cotton cloth was imported from Ahmedabad and also from the Berar amp Nagpur Mills Synthetic indigo had begun to find a market within the last few years Transparent glass bangles were now brought in large numbers from Germany Other imports were coal coke wrought iron and steel products The firm of Ralli Brothers dealt in oilseeds wheat and hides and had most of the export trade in 1905 Bhatias from Bombay and Cutchi Mohammedons managed the rest of the traffic Marwaris acted only as local brokers and did not export grain by rail A Khoja agent of Graham amp Co managed the trade in kerosene oil Commercial Issues In 1892 an agreement was made between EIR amp GIP amp IMR (Indian Midland railway- later taken over by GIP) Under this agreement the EIR were allowed a lien via Jabalpur on the Kanpur-Bombay traffic to GIPR stations for which IMR offered the shortest route The route from Kanpur via Jabalpur was 152 kiles longer than via Itarsi Bhopal and Jhansi Due to increased competition GIP gave notice in 1897 to cancel this agreement The settlement was thus again made the same year with EIR offering certain concessions to GIP amp IMR There were that GIP would get to quote the same mileage rates to Howrah and other stations on EIR and that EIR were not to reduce their rates to Howrah after the GIP had once quoted It also permitted IMR a share in traffic to Allahabad amp Howrah However the agreement was cancelled in 1905 at the instance of EIR when it realized that more traffic was going to Bombay port than to Calcutta During the first half of 1904 the weight of gram and seeds sent from Kanpur to Calcutta was 36400 quintals while that to Bombay was 217600 quintals despite the cost of haualage to Calcutta being lower Subsequently consolidations and acquisitions took place with the GIP acquiring IMR in 1900 and Naini ndashJabalpur section from EIR from 1101925This section remained with GIPrsquos successor Jabalpur Division of Central railway till March 312003 After the reorganisation of railway zones it is now a part of North Central railway which incidentally covers the Allahabad-Mirzapur-Mughalsarai route The wheel has indeed come full circle Karl Marx wrote in 1853 that England has to fulfil a double mission in India one destructive the other regenerating- the annihilation of old Asiatic society and the laying of the material foundations of Western society in Asia The day is not far off when by a combination of railways and steam vessels the distance between England and India measured by time will be shortened to eight days and when that fabulous country will thus be actually annexed to the


Western world Modern Industry resulting from the railway system will dissolve the hereditary divisions of labour upon which rest the Indian castes those decisive impediments to Indian progress and Indian power Epilogue The British have long gone and so has Marx The railway network is the gift they bestowed on this country Many of the observations though be it of Marx or Mayo remain valid to this day In this era of the communications revolution journey time is no longer measured in days Bombay met Calcutta long back but the affair still continues in modern independent India (The writer is an IRPS officer and was posted as CPO West Central Railway and is presently working as CPOSERLY He can be contacted at cposcrrailnetgovin)

Heritage photo of a Steam Loco Shed of BBampCI (WR) with gothic architecture at the entrance overhead chattris and pediment style roof and water filling overhead tanks keeping architectural parity with that of the shed


ऩभय भ विशि हयीटज ददिस का ऩारनए 18 अपरर 2013

विशि हयीटज ददिस (18 अपरर) का भखम उददचम वियासतो क सॊयण एिॊ उनक भहति क लरम आभ जन भ जागरकता एिॊ जानकायी ऩहॊिाना ह

ऽ International Council for Monuments and Sites न Tunisia भ 18 अऩ र 1982 को विचि हयीटज ददिस भनान का परसताि ककमा था

ऽ निॊफय 1983 को मनसको की फठक भ 18 अपरर को विचि हयीटज ददिस भनान का अनभोदन परदान ककमा गमा

International Council for Monuments and Sites दिाया विचि हयीटज ददिस भनान हत सझाि ददम गम भखम सझाि इस परकाय ह- 1 वियासतो को सॊयकषत कयन हत उनका ऩनतनयभाण कयना तथा उनह आभ जन क दरयनाथय उऩरबध कयिाना एिॊ जहाॊ तक सॊबि हो सक दरयनाथय कोई परबाय नहीॊ लरमा जाना

2 सभािाय ऩतरो ऩतरतरकाओॊ भ रख क दिाया एिॊ टरीविजन तथा यडडमो भ परसायण कयक सघन मातामात िार तरो भ ऩोसटय

फनय आदद क दिाया जागरकता ऩदा कयना

3 सथानीम एिॊ विदरी विरषऻो दिाया सलभनाय आमोशजत कयना

4 पोटोऩशनटग आदद परदयरनी क भाधमभ स जागरकता ऩदा कयना

5 ऩोसट काडय डाक दटकट ऩोसटय ककताफो आदद का परकारन कयना

6 विरष कामयकरभो क भाधमभ स विदमारथयमो एिॊ मिाओॊ भ जागरकता ऩदा कयना इतमादद

1971 भ यर ऩरयिहन सॊगरहारम की आधायलररा नई ददलरी भ यखी गई इस सॊगरहारम को याषटरीम यर सॊगरहारम (National

Rail Museum) क नाभ स जाना जाता ह 1979 भ भसय भ एक औय सॊगरहारम की सथाऩना की गमी

2002 भ दो अनम सॊगरहारम िननई औय नागऩय भ फनाम गम

बायतीम यर भ ननमनलरखित विशि वियासत सची (World Heritage) भ शालभर ह 1िषय 1999 भ दाशजयलर ॊग-दहभारमन यरि 2िषय 2004 भ छतरऩतत लरिाजी टलभयनस भमफई 3िषय 2005 भ नीररगयी यरि 4िषय 2008 भ कारका लरभरा यरि

यरि फोडड न ऩतर सखमा 99LM(E)38 ददनाक 13041999 क तहत बायतीम यरि की 32 इभायतो एि 11 ऩरो को वियासत की सची भ यिा ह फॊफई एिॊ करकतता तक यर राईन तरफछान का कामय करकतता स ईसट इॊडडमा यरि क दिाया कामय आयॊब ककमा गमा तथा इराहाफाद होत हम जफरऩय तक का कामय 01081867 को ऩणय ककमा गमा फॊफई स गरट इॊडडमा ऩतननसरय यरि (GIP) न कामय आयॊब ककमा तथा 01011870 को इटायसी तक का एिॊ ददनाॊक 01021870 को सोहागऩय तक तथा ददनाॊक 08031870 को जफरऩय भ दोनो यरि का िाईसयाम एिॊ इडनफगय क डमक की उऩशसतथी भ लभरन हआ

जफरऩय यरि सटरन क परटपाभय नॊफय 01 ऩय शसथत रामद उस सभम क दो कासट आमयन क खॊब उस ऐततहालसक सभम क गिाह क रऩ भ आज बी भौजद ह भािय 1828 भ विरमभ (सरभन) को जफरऩय को लसविर एिॊ इकजीकमटीि िाजय परदान ककमा गमा तथा उनका तनिास ऩयड गराउॊ ड क साभन था शजसका तनभायण 1821 भ ककमा गमा था तथा शजस कलभरनय तनिास क नाभ स जाना जाता ह जहाॊ ऩय एक विरार ऩाकय था शजसभ क लरम िसी जभीन का िमन कयना भरककर हदहयण ऩर हम थ जफ जफरऩय भ यरि की


सथाऩना हो यही थी उस सभम यरि सटरनो यहा था जहाॊ स लभरटयी रोकर एिॊ कलभयलरमर आिचमकताओॊ का ऩती हो सक इस सभसमा क सभाधान हत एक कभटी का गठन ककमा गमा शजसन जभीन क िमन क तनणयम क लरम 5 सार का सभम लरमा तथा विरमभ (सरभन) क तनिास एिॊ ऩाकय का कछ दहससा तोड़ कय ितयभान जफरऩय यरि सटरन का तनभायण ककमा गमा ितयभान भ भॊडर यर कामायरम क फाज भ शसथत िन विबाग क कामायरम भ विरमभ (सरभन) का कामायरम हआ कयता था ददनाॊक 01101925 को जफरऩय तछिकी एिॊ ननी सटरन को जी आई ऩी यरि न ई आई आय यरि स अरधगरदहत कय लरमा फीना शजस ऩहर इटािह कहा जाता था स सागय तक लभडरड यरि क दिाया 05061889 भ जोड़ा गमा तथा सागय स कटनी 26031889 भ औय कटनी स उभरयमा कोर भाईनस को 01011889 भ जोड़ा गमा उभरयमा एिॊ कटनी राईन को मातरी मातामात क लरम 02111886 को खोरा गमातरफरासऩय - वियलस ॊगऩय राईन01021889 तथा तरफरासऩय - उभरयमा राईन को बी 1889 भ खोरा गमा फॊगार - नागऩय यरि क दिाया 02111886 को कटनी जॊकरन स झरिाया एिॊ 1890 भ कटनी भड़िाया जोन को को जोड़ा गमा उसी सभम इॊडडमन लभडरड यरि का विरम जी आई ऩी यरि भ हो गमा औय िह सटट क अधीन हो गमी ककनत ऩयाना नाभ फयकयाय यहा 1881 भ एक सि यर मातरी मातामात ऩय ककमा गमा उसभ ऩामा गमा कक 9774 मातरी तनिरी शरणी भ मातरा कयत थ 174

मातरी दवितीम शरणी भ मातरा कयत थ तथा 039 मातरी परथभ शरणी भ मातरा कयत थ परथभ शरणी भ मातरी को 90 भीर की मातरा कयन हत औसतन 7रऩम दवितीम शरणी क मातरी को 70 भीर की मातरा कयन हत औसतन 275 रऩम तथा ततीम शरणी क मातरी को 45 भीर की मातरा क लरम 113 आना औसतन खिय कयन ऩड़त थ

सबी सटाऩज आदद क साथ उस सभम यरि रन की औसत सऩीड 26 भीर परततघॊटा हआ कयती थी शजस फढ़ाकय 31 भीर परततघॊटा ककमा गमा था

फॊगार - नागऩय यरि क दिाया जफरऩय - गोददमा नयोगज सकरन को 1905 भ िार ककमा गमा शजस फॊगार - नागऩय यरि की सतऩड़ा बाॊि कहा जाता था मह नागऩय क यासत फॊफई करकतता रट को गोददमा भ जोड़ती थी 1880 भ जी आई ऩी यरि क दिाया मयोवऩमन कभयिारयमो क फचोिो की लरा हत ऩिभढ़ी भ एक सकर खोरन की मोजना फनाई शजस उस सभम क भधम पराॊत क कलभरनय न सिीकाय नहीॊ ककमा था

जफरऩय भॊडर क अनरतगत भहय सटरन का विषर भहति ह महाॊ ऩय भाॊ रायदा दिी का परािीन भॊददय ह जहाॊ दर विदर स शरदिार दरयन हत आत ह महाॊ ऩय भहय सकर आप ममशजक ह जो ऩहर इॊददया करा सॊगीत विधारम खयागढ़ स समफदि था तथा ितयभान भ याजा भानलसॊह विचिविधारम गिालरमय स सभफदि ह इसकी सथाऩना भरहय सॊगीतकाय उसताद अराउदिीन खाॊ साहफ न की थी महाॊ ऩय परततिषय ददसॊफय क ऩहर सपताह भ याजम सतयीम उसताद अराउददीन खाॉ सॊगीत सभायोह का आमोजन ककमा जाता ह ऩभय क अधीन बाऩार भॊडर का बोऩार यरि सटरन सन 1885 भ अशसतति भ आमा दर की ऩहरी रताबदी एकसपरस नई ददलरी स बोऩार क फीि 140 ककरोभीटय परततघॊट की गतत स सन 1988 भ आयॊब की गमी ऩभय क अधीन कोटा भॊडर को भॊडर क रऩ भ सन 1951 को अनभतत लभरी यर कॊ ऩतनमो न फड रहयो जस फॊफई

करकतता राहौय आदद स अऩन कामय की ररआत की कछ कॊ ऩतनमो न एकदभ नई सथाऩनाम कीॊ जस जभारऩय खड़गऩय इतमादद तथा कछ कॊ ऩतनमो न छोट सथानो को यरि का कनर फनामा शजसभ कोटा भॊडर क अधीन गॊगाऩय लसटी बी रालभर ह महाॊ की आफादी का एक फडा दहससा लसपय यर कभयिारयमो का ही होता था यरि फोडय भ हयीटज डामयकरट फनामा गमा ह

ितयभान भ कामयकायी तनदरक हयीटज शरी भन गोमर ह

याषटरीम यर सॊगराहरम भ शरी मएसभीना तनदरक ह यरि फोडय दिाया जायी ऩतर सॊखमा 99BM36 ददनाॊक 130499 क अनसाय हयीटज सॊयण हत खिो का Plan head ldquoOther

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यरि फोडय न अऩन ऩतर करॊ 2005HeritageApex Committee dt 04032010 क तहत सबी तरीम यरो को यरि वियासतो को सॊयकषत कयन हत हयीटज कोय गरऩ का गठन कयन हत आदर ददम

उऩयोकत आदर क तहत भहापरफॊधक भहोदम क अनभोदन स ऩभय भ कोय गरऩ का गठन ककमा गमा जो तनमनानसाय ह- 1भखम कायखाना इॊजीतनमय हयीटज अरधकायी 2भखम सॊकत इॊजीतनमय सदसम

3भखम विधत सिा इॊजीतनमय सदसम

4भखम इॊजीतनमय साभानम सदसम

5भखम मातामात मोजना परफॊधक सदसम

6उऩ भमाॊतरतरक इॊजी(कएिॊ िगन) सरिि

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ददनाॊक 22022010 को कोय गरऩ की परथभ फठक आमोशजत की गमी तथा इसभ भखम रऩ स मह तनणयम लरमा गमा कक भॊडर सतय एिॊ िकय राऩ सतय ऩय बी कोयगरऩ का गठन ककमा जाम शजस भहापरफॊधक भहोदम न अऩना अनभोदन परदान ककमा

ऩभय भ हयीटज (वियासत) को सयकषत कयन एि फढािा दन हत ननमनलरखित परमास ककम गम

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1 एन जी सटीभ रोको नॊ 718 एप तनभायण िषय 1926 जफरऩय सटरन ऩय यखा हआ ह

2 एन जी सटीभ रोको नॊ 722 एप तनभायण िषय 1926 भॊडर कामायरम बोऩार भ यखा हआ ह

3 5 टन हड आऩयटड करन नॊ 43878 तनभायण िषय 1928 बोऩार भ तनरातऩया भ यखी हई ह उऩयोकत क सफॊध भ तनणयम रना फाकी ह 4 एन जी सटीभ रोको नॊ 723 एप तनभाणय िषय 1949 कटनी सटरन ऩय यखा हआ ह 5 एभ जी सटीभ रोको नॊ 4143 तनभायण िषय 1956 गना सटरन ऩय यखा हआ ह 6 75 टन सटीभ करन नॊ 43937 तनभायण िषय 1957 फीना स गोयखऩय एन ई यरि को

परदयलरत कयन हत सथानतरयत कय दी गमी ह 7 फी जी सटीभ रोको कट भॉडर नॊ 1214 तनभायण िषय 1959 ऩयान सटीभ रोको रड भ यखा हआ ह 8 एभ जी सटीभ रोको नॊ िाई जी 4405 तनभायण िषय 1963 बोऩार भ फड़ तराफ क साभन परदयलरत कय ददमा गमा ह

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क) जफरऩय भ सीननमय यरि इसटीटमट इभायत क ऊऩय रगी हई परट क अनसाय ननभाडण िरड 1849 ह

ि) िरयभडर इजीननमय (सभ) बोऩार क ऩतर कर BPLW3802Heritage312 dt 18082011 क तहत फतरामी गमी तनमनलरिखत 05 इभायत 1 गना सटरन (GUN)

2 ऩगाया सटरन (PGA)

3 वऩऩयईगाॊि सटरन (PIA)

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यरि फोडय क ऩतर सॊखमा 2005HeritageMovable dt 21112011 क अनरतगत दो नयो गज कोि कियाऩाया िकय राऩ ऩिय यरि स ऩभय को आफॊदटत ककम गम ह तथा उनह बोऩार एिॊ कोटा िकय राऩ भ परदयलरत कयन हत बज ददमा गमा ह

एस ई सी आय यरि क अधीन जफरऩय गोददमा नयो गज राईन 100 िषो स अरधक ऩयानी ह जफरऩय रहय का उऩनगयीम हाऊफाग यरि सटरन 1896 का ह उऩयोकत नयो गज राईन का बाड गज राईन भ ऩरयितत यत ककम जान का कामय जायी ह


जफरऩय सटरन स हाउफाग यरि सटरन की नयो गज राईन को वियासत क रऩ भ सॊयकषत ककमा जा सकता ह तथा विरष अिसयो ऩय नयो गज रन का ऩरयिारन ककमा जा सकता ह

उऩयोकत सझाि को इस कामायरम क ऩतर सॊखमा WCRMG011172011 ददनाॊक 28072011 क तहत भखम ऩथ इॊजीतनमय एिॊ हरयटज सरिि दकषण ऩिय भधम यर तरफरासऩय को बजा गमा ह ितडभान भ हभ जो बी ऻान यित ह औय अनम परमोगो क दिाया जो बी तयककी हभायी होगी िह आन िार बविषम भ वियासत कहरामगी हभायी आज की लशाए सविधाम हभाय जीिन माऩन की वमिसथा हभाय जीिन जीन का अदाज आदद सबी फीत हम सभम क ऻान एि परमोग ऩय ही तो आधारयत ह फीत हम सभम को एि उस सभम परापत ककम गम ऻान परमोग एि तयककी की उस वियासत को कबी बी अनदिा नही ककमा जा सकता अतः मह अनत आिशमक ह कक वियासत को सयकषत कयन क लरम रझान दयदषषट एि दढ़सकलऩ क साथ परमास ककमा जाम हजायो भीर चरन क लरम ऩहरा कदभ उठाना अनत आिशमक होता ह

यरि की वियासत को सयकषत कयन हत हभ सबी को एकजट होकय सचच भन स परमास कयना होगा तबी हभ वियासतो को सयकषत कय ऩामग हयीटज कोय ग यऩ क गठन क फाद िषय 2010 स अबी तक ऩभय भ हयीटज ऩय कोई बी सकायातभक कामयिाही नहीॊ हई ह

तथा कोई बी सकायातभक ऩरयणाभ साभन नहीॊ आम ह सपरता परापत कयन क लरम साभदहक परमास की अतत आिचमकता ह हभाय भाननीम भहापरफॊधक भहोदम बी हयीटज को फढ़ािा दन क लरम परमासयत ह

आज विशि हयीटज ददिस ऩय आईम हभ सबी सकलऩ र कक हभ सबी ऩभय भ हयीटज का सयण कयग औय उसकी जानकायी एकतर कय सपरता परापत कयन क लरम सचच भन स साभदहक परमास कयग

धनमिाद

सॊकरनकताय-

सीएरविचिकभाय एस एस ई (माॊतरतरक) भागयदरयन- शरी एसकपरसाद भखम कायखाना इॊजीतनमयहयीटज अरधकायी ऩभयजफरऩय


Yester Efforts ndash A Tribute to our Forefathers

Making of Rail Routes-Two parallel rails placed Making of Rail Routes-laying of rails over equally over a chain of sleepers spaced sleepers

Making of Rail Routes-in hilly terrains Digging a Tunnel through mountains

Blasting a Tunnel through solid rock Construction of Narmada Bridge Year 1929- Launching of Girders Crane-using a pulley system to lift girders


Construction of tunnel-Tunnelling in Construction of Bridges absence of modern Tunnel Boring machines

Construction of tunnel-Supporting Truss for tunnelling in soft soil

Lifting of wagon to high altitude with explosives Damaged Rail Track by flood


Construction of Narmada BridgeYear 1883 The Narmada Bridge of which the Masonry work and

girders erected was finished at the end of year 1883

Narmada Bridge ET-JBP Section washaway during the flood in the year 1926


Bridges of Jabalpur Division

Bhoja Kho DownRoad Bridge in BINA-KTE Section Noof Span 5305 mtr under slung + 41829 mtr plate girder with masonry pillars year 1967 Bridge without Abutment- A concept of buried abutment to match natural topography

Narmada Bridge Down Road in ET-JBP Section Trestle or Temporary Steel ColumnsPiers were erected after the washaway in 1926 This type of Steel Trestle Bridge is the unique feature A Panoramic View of the bridge across Narmada- Most Revered River of Central India


Bridges of Bhopal Division

BETWA DOWN BETWA UP Betwa Down Bridge in BPL-BINA Section No of Span 52286 mtr+ 43048 mtr TOWG Year 1889 Signal Post on approach of the bridge on Betwa River Betwa UP Bridge in BPL-BINA Section No of Span 112300 mtr Composite Bridge Year 1993 Composite Super Structure amp trolley refuge on Piers

Bina River Down Bina River Up Bina River Down Bridge in BPL-BINA Section No of Span 44572 mtr TOWG Year 1889 Open Web steel girder bridge on Dn Track across Bina River Bina River UP Bridge in BPL-BINA Section No of Span 62300 mtr+ 41830 mtr Composite BridgeYear 1991 A Bridge across the Bina River on UP Track

Gadariya Bridge Ganjal Bridge

Gadariya Bridge in ET-BPL Section No of Span 44572 mtr TOWG Year 1884 Regirdering done in 1931 Ganjal bridge in ET-KNW Section Noof Span 82286 mtr Rivetted Underslung Elliptical Plate Girder Bridge built in the Year 1870 on stone masonary pillars beautifully matching with the Natural ambience with fabricated corbels supported inspection pathways and trolley refuge on piers Ganjal Bridge is on electrified route



Keotan Bridge Keotan Bridge Down in BPL-BINA Section Noof Span 53048 mtr TOWG Bridge Year 1889

Keotan Bridge UP in BPL-BINA Section Noof Span 53048 mtr TOWG Bridge Year 1965 Open Web Steel Girders amp Cantilever OHE mast on an electrified track route

Newan Bridge Newan Bridge Down in BPL-BINA Section Noof Span 81829 mtr Rivet PG Bridge Year 1889

Newan Bridge UP in BPL-BINA Section Noof Span 81829 mtr Rivet PG Bridge Year 1966 A view of Provision of Guard rails to safeguard in case of derailment over the bridge



Narmada Down Bridge Narmada Bridge Down in ET-BPL Section Noof Span 144572 mtr +11829 mtr TOWG+Rivet PG Bridge Year 1884 Regirdering done in 1931

Open Web Steel Girders with Cantilever OHE mast

Narmada Up Bridge Narmada Bridge UP in ET-BPL Section Noof Span 292300 mtr Composite Bridge Year 1993

A complete super structure with concrete deck slab over steel plate girders with OHE structures on Pier caps and trolley refuge amp steps for getting down on pier cap for inspection



View of Narmada UP amp DOWN and Road Way Bridge Hoshangabad

Sub-Structure Stone masonry piers are on DN Track while UP track is with mass concrete stepped piers Super structure Open Web Steel Girder on DN Track while it is composite steel Girder with Concrete deck Slabs on UP Track


KOTA-NAGDA Section with Dara Cutting of WCR

Casting of Stone Masonry Piers (old) Casting of piers with mass concrete (new)

Construction Site Construction Site

Stone Arch Bridge- Wedge Shaped Stones are wider at the top than at the bottom The Arch stays in place by itself because each stone presses against the next and they hold each other up


A view of Bridge Construction Site


Completed Stone Masonry Arch Bridge Construction Site

Construction Site Stone Masonry Arch Bridge

Construction of Arch Bridge Construction Site



Earth Embankment Stone Arch Bridge- A beautiful structure

Old Station Building Masonry Arch Bridge

Bridge without Abutment- A concept of buried Bridge across a River abutment to match natural topography

Construction of Nagda-Kota Section of Kota Division Dara Cutting Curve and Arch Type Masonry

Bridge under construction The 2nd bridge was however made later with masonry pillar with

underslung Girder The complete panoramic view has been given in the back cover

Underslung Girder type bridges are preferable for ODC movement and crane operation during

maintenance re-girdering or accident relief 140 T crane operation compared to over bridge girders


Bridges of Kota Division

Gambhir Bridge Year 1909 Kalisindh Bridge Year 1909 UnderSlung Steel Girders Bridge

Mez River Bridge Year 1909 Open Web Steel Girders- Super structure of the Mez River Bridge

Chambal River Bridge Year 1909 Chambal River Bridge with complete concrete girders


EVOLUTION OF BRIDGES OF INDIAN

RAILWAYS

ShVinoo Mathur Member Traffic(Retd)

Salient Points

TYPES

RANGE OF PIER STRUCTURES amp GIRDERS

EVOLUTION OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

SOME OF THE LARGEST RAILWAY BRIDGES BUILT ON THE SUB-CONTINENTS

HISTORY OF FLOODS

NEED FOR RE-GIRDERING

MANY RAIL CUM ROAD BRIDGES

SOME TYPES OF BRIDGES

ARCH BRIDGES

SCREW PILE FOUNDATIONS

WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS

TRIANGULATED GIRDERS

PRE STRESSED CONCRETE GIRDERS


Arch Bridge Screw Pile Bridge

Well Foundation Bridge Rail-Cum Road Bridge

Other Outstanding Bridges Left Pamban Bridge Right kangra Valley Steel Arch Bridge


Kanoh Bridge Konkan Bridge

Vasai Bridge Old Dufferin Bridge

Kalyan-igatpuri Bridge Jumna Bridge

Tapti Bridge Ramganga Bridge


Old Godavari Bridge or the Havelock Bridge Road-Cum Rail Bridge Year 1897

Jhirna Bridge Jubilee Bridge-Naihati-Bandel

Indiarsquos First Sea Bridge Pamban Bridge-Ship Passing UnderCantilever Railway Bridge Year 1914 Courtesy The above presentation with lecture was delivered by ShVinoo Mathur Member Traffic (Retd) Indian Railways during annual workshop on Railwaysrsquo Heritage in the National Academy of Indian Railways (previously Railway Staff College) Vadodara


Process flow chart for life Assessment of Heritage Bridges

at High Axle Load(HAL)

Steps for Consideration

1 Load Evaluation 2 Design Standardisation 3 Vertical Load Consideration 4 Considering Longitudinal Forces 5 EUDL approach for 25t 6 Approach for suitability 7 Relaxations in Design Codes 8 Check for superstructure 9 Case studies

10 HAL (25t) experience

(Happy Moment for Anil Kalra DirectorRDSO as the IHHA

conference Best Paper Awards are announced)

(This paper is based on the efforts of the RDSO team comprising P

Funkwal S singhal P kumar A Kalra V B Sood H O Narayan S K

Singh P P Singh amp S Kumar)

Courtesy (Rail Business Vol4Issue 18 March 2013)


Heritage Station Buildings of Jabalpur Division

Heritage photo of Old Jabalpur Station Year 1930

Jabalpur Station heritage photo of British Period


Heritage photo of GIP Railwayrsquos Dispensary at Jabalpur of WCR

Pt Ravishankar with family came to Maihar on demise of Ustad Alauddin Khan in the Year 1972 Maihar is famous for Maihar

School of Music established by the famous musician Ustad Alauddin Khan formerly recognised with Indira Arts amp Music University Khairagarh and presently recognised with Raja Man Singh University Gwalior Pt Ravishankar was a great disciple of Ustad Khan and had his initial training in Maihar who later brought Indian music into the international level amp the Developed World for the first time recognised the soul of Indian classical music by awarding him world famous Grammy Awards


Heritage Station Buildings of Bhopal Division

Bhopal Railway Station Built in the Year 1885 was a part of Nawabrsquos Princely state


Guna amp Mungaoli Railway Station of WCR

Photo of Over Head Water Tank- for water filling of locomotives Similar tank is seen in Jabalpur also

In 1897 the midland railway constructed the rail route passing through GunaAfter independence on 28 May 1948 Guna became the part of Madhya Bharat as one of its 16 Districts subsequently as a result of State on the formation of new Madhya Pradesh in 1956 Guna district became a part of it

Heritage photo of Gadaroya Bridgeof Bhopal State Railway with train approaching Photo1912 Courtesy An account of my life (Gohur-i-ikbal) by Sultan Jahan Begum Nawab of Bengal translated by C H Payne John Murray London 1912 Heritage photo of Gadaroya bridge of Bhopal State Railway with train approaching Photo1912Courtesy An account ofmy life (Gohur-i-ikbal) by Sultan Jahan Begum Nawab of Bhopal translated by C H Payne John Murray London 1912


Mungaoli Heritage Railway Station Year 1894 Signal amp Beautiful lamp post on the platform

Guna Heritage Railway Station Year 1894 a platform side view for through passenger tourist


Heritage building structures of Bhopal Division

Railway Health Center Itarsi built in the year 1930 constructed by GIP Railway

Since early 18th Century Guna was under the Marathas Peshwas of Gwalior In 1860 British Cantonment was setup after revolt of 1857 and assistant resident remained there Guna is the Gateway district of Malwa amp ChambalGuna Railway Station built in the year 1894 besides river Parvati constructed by GIP Railway In 1897 the Indian Midland Railway constructed a Rail route passing through Guna


Pagara Heritage Railway Station built in the year 1894 constructed by GIP Railway

PipraiGaon Heritage Railway Station built in the year 1894 constructed by GIP Railway


Shivpuri Heritage Railway Station built in the year 1894 constructed by GIP Railway Shivpuri situated besides river Kalisindh Col GS Dhillon of Azad Hind Fauj a resident of Hatod village of Shivpuri district He was the last survivor of the historic trial on 5

th Nov1945 on Red Fort Tatya Tope after

defeat to the British force for his revolt of 1857 the first war of independence against the British Rule in India fled to paron forest with help of Man Singh who later betrayed and on 7

th april 1859 a detachment of native infantry formed under General Richard John Meadersquos troops who captured

and tried him in Shivpuri by a military court

Heritage Structures of KOTA Division

KOTA heritage Railway Station Built on Baroda - Mathura BB amp CI route in the Year 1909 in Rajputana agency of British Princely States and made of Stone Masonary work for which the region is famous --- Down Station building including Maharajarsquos Waiting Room was built in 1918After Independence Railways were reorganized and Kota was made a division of Western Railway It came into existence on 01081956 when the erstwhile districts of Western Railway were regrouped into divisions Further re-organization of Railway was done and Kota division has become part of WCR on 01042003


Sawai Madhopur Heritage Railway Station Built on Baroda - Mathura BB amp CI route in the Year 1909 in Rajputana agency of British Princely States and made of Stone Masonary work for which the region is famous

Later Remodelling to double storeyed station building also retained the same parity with that look of the existing heritage architecture unlike Jabalpur stationKota City-Sawai Madhopur section was opened on 01051909 doubling of this section was done during 1974-1984 And electrification done on this route on 22091987 Famous lsquoPalace On Wheelrsquo and most trains stop here for a visit to the majestic Ranathambhor Tiger Reserve National Park


EVOLUTION OF BUILDINGS OF

INDIAN RAILWAYS

ShriVinoo Mathur Member Traffic (Retd)RB

ARCHITECTURAL STYLES

NEO-CLASSICAL ROMANESQUE

ITALIANATE RENNAISANCE REVIVAL GOTHIC REVIVAL

INDO-SARACENIC MODERN STYLES POST 1920

1 NEO CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE amp BUILDINGS

SALIENT FEATURES It is based on Ancient Greek amp Roman Styles magnificence of Scale prominent use of columns

use of Geometric form amp Symmetry simplicity as a reaction to ornate styles blank walls amp triangular pediment

NEO-CLASSICAL BUILDING


NEO-CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE 1855-70

NEO-CLASSICAL ARCH 1855-70 NEO-CLASSICAL ARCH PRE 1850

CLASSICAL ARCH 1856 CLASSICAL ARCH 1855-70


2 ROMANESQUE amp ITALIANATE ARCHITECTURE amp BUILDINGS

SALIENT FEATURES Romanesque architecture having Round Arches Thick Walls Large Towers Decorative Arcading Symmetrical Plan amp Overall Simplicity

ITALIANATE FEATURES Italianate architecture having distinctive eaves amp corbels roman arches arch headed or pedimented windows tall narrow windows- hood mouldings use of wrought iron railings square cupolas imposing cornice structures and porch with balustrade balconies

ITALIANATE ndash ROMANESQUE FEATURES 1865-80

MADRAS CENTRAL Madras Central Station built in the year ndash 1866 ndash 1873 ARCHITECT ndash GEORGE HARDINGE LATER MODIFICATIONS ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT

FELLOWES CHISHOLM MADRAS RAILWAY BOARD ndash ldquoAll ornamentation should be avoided and the building be as

simple as consists with its purpose and situationrdquo DISTINCTIVE TOWERS amp ARCADES


ITALIANATE ndash ROMANESQUE FEATURES 1865-1880 ITALIANATE ndash ROMANESQUE FEATURES 1865-80

EIR HEADQUARTERS

BUILT 1884 ARCHITECT ndash ROSKELL BAYNE DISTINCTIVE CORNICE BASED ON PALAZZO FARNESE IN ROME FOUR PANELS DEPICTING ndash ARCHITECTURE SCULPTURE COMMERCE amp MUSIC LOWER PANELS INSCRIBED WITH NAMES OF MAIN STATIONS STRUCTURALLY ndash PIONEERING USE OF IRON amp CONCRETE USE OF WORN OUT RAILS

ITALIANATE ndashRENAISSANCE REVIVAL ndash EIR HQ

HOWRAH

Howrah Railway station built in the Year 1901 ndash 1911 (OPERATIONAL 1905) ARCHITECT ndash HALSEY RALPH RICARDO A PROPONENT OF THE ARTS amp CRAFTS STYLE ldquoa huge red brick conglomerate of Tibetan monastic and english penal suggestion Eight towers

dominate its jumbled faccedilade six of them with wide eaves (the monastic part) two with solid square tops (the prison)rdquo

ROMANESQUE amp MOORISH FEATURES USE OF NEW MATERIAL TO GET LARGE SPANS FOR COVERING CONCOURSE ROOF


HOWRAH RAILWAY BOARD BUILDING SHIMLA

SOUTHERN MARATHA RAILWAY GENERAL OFFICES


3 GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE amp BUILDINGS

VICTORIA TERMINUS 1878-87

BBampCI HEADQUARTERS BUILT in the Year 1894 ndash 1896 ARCHITECT - FW STEVENS BLEND OF VENETIAN GOTHIC amp INDO-SARACENIC STEVENS CONSTRAINED BY THE BUDGET UNIQUE CENTRAL TOWER USE OF PORBUNDER KURLA WHITE amp DHRANGADHRA RED STONE INSIDE USE OF MAWrsquoS amp MILTON TILES

BBampCI HEADQUARTERS


DELHI JUNCTION COMPLETED 1903 FIRST FLOOR CONSTRUCTED LATER LIKE LAHORE MADE TO LOOK LIKE A FORTRESS ldquoDelhi Junction hellip exemplifies the nastiest of what might be called Eurasian Red Brick Gothic

the worst of all worldshelliphelliphellipan arrangement of connected pavilions with a porte cochiere for the carriages of sahibs in the high days when it was built It is of course scarcely helped by its mean forecourt and by vertical display of the Railways title down the octagonal towerrdquo

`

DELHI JUNCTION COLABA

JABALPUR


4 INDO-SARCENIC ARCHITECTURE amp BUILDINGS

SALIENT FEATURES

Indo-Sarcenic architecture having Onionbulbous domes overhanging eaves pointed amp cupsed arches miniature domes towers or minarets chattris amp open pavilions

EGMORE

OPENED 1908 ARCHITECT ndash EC BIRD TERMINUS OF SOUTH INDIAN RAILWAY AT MADRAS CORNER CUPOLAS ON SQUARE BASE DISTINTIVE CORNICES CANOPIES AND CORBELS USE OF NEW MATERIAL FOR LARGE SHED COVERING ALL PLATFORMS BEAUTIFUL INTERIORS AND WROUGHT CAST IRON PILLARS AND WOODEN COUNTERS

INDO-SARACENIC ndash EGMORE EGMORE ndash WAITING HALL

LUCKNOW

OPENED ndash 1926 ARCHITECT ndash JOHN HANNIMAN USE OF LARGE AND SMALL DOMES amp CHHATRIS LARGE CIRCULATING HALL WITH MASSIVE PILLARS STATELY STAIRCASE BEAUTIFUL BOOKING COUNTERS PROVISION OF EXTENSIVE PASSENGER AMENITIES ndash WAITING REFRESHMENT ROOMS ETC WIDE PLATFORMS


INDO-SARACENIC ndash LUCKNOW

BNR OFFICES-GARDEN REACH

BUILT 1906 -1907 ARCHITECT - VINCENT J ESCH INDO-SARACENIC STYLE CENTRAL AND CORNER DOMES TOPPED BY LANTERNS ORIEL WINDOWS ELABORATE WINDOW MOULDINGS PORCH AND ENTRANCE HALL WITH CLASSICAL FEATURES MANSARD ROOF


BNRHEADQUARTERS MampSM OFFICES

PRINCELY STATE - RAMPUR PRINCELY STATE - GWALIOR

PRINCELY STATE - MORVI PRINCELY STATE - MALERKOTLA


SALOON SIDING amp ROYAL LADIES WAITING ROOMS INDO SARACENIC - KACHEGUDA

5 MODERN BUILDINGS AFTER 1920

BOMBAY CENTRAL

BUILT 1928-1930 ARCHITECT ndash CLAUDE BATLEY (Gregson Batley amp King) BUILDING LARGE IN SCALE SIMPLE IN DESIGN OPEN GARDEN THIRD CLASS WAITING HALL amp BOOKING OFFICES IN SEPARATE BUILDING IMPRESSIVE HIGH ROOF WELL LIT CONCOURSE PASSAGE TO SUBURBAN STATION BRASS CYLINDER WITH NAMES OF ASSOCIATED OFFICERS amp COINS BURIED UNDER

FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE

BUILT IN THE EARLY 1930rsquoS BULDING PERSONALLY DESIGNED BY EDWIN LUTYENS BUTTERFLY SHAPE CENTRAL SALON ALONG THE AXIS FOUR ROOMS ALONG A CENTRAL COURT GRADE I HERITAGE STRUCTURE CONFLICT BETWEEN RESTORATION AND MANAGING AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

BARODA HOUSE LAYOUT PLAN OF BARODA HOUSE


6 GABLED ARCHITECTURE amp BUILDINGS

GABLED BUILDING JUNAGADH

GABLE BUILDING (GABLE FRONT FACcedilADE) GABLED BUILDINGS

GABLED BUILDINGS GABLED BUILDINGS HALF-TIMBERED


GABLED BUILDINGS HALF-TIMBERED GABLED BUILDINGS HALF-TIMBERED

7 OTHER INTERESTING BUILDINGS amp IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION

TEMPLE ROOF REFLECTION ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

JUST A FACcedilADE


BRIDGE ENGINEERrsquoS RESIDENCE ASANSOL

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERrsquoS RESIDENCE JAMALPUR ndash LOCO SUPDTrsquoS BUNGALOW TRICHNOPOLY

CMErsquoS BUNGALOW KHARAGPUR


SUPERVISORrsquoS BUNGALOW LILUAH

MECHANICS INSTITUTE JAMALPUR EUROPEAN INSTITUTE JAMALPUR

ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE

THE PRESERVATION EFFORT

LISTINGS amp GRADATION IDENTIFICATION OF NOTABLE FEATURES BUILDINGS NEED SELECTIVE CARE amp PRESERVATION OF BEST FEATURES FINE FEATURES OFTEN LOST OWING TO LATER ALTERATIONS CLUTTER amp HOARDINGS NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL HELP ADOPTION OF A CONSERVATION POLICY WHAT USE FOR ABANDONED BUILDINGS

Courtesy The above presentation with lecture was delivered by ShVinoo Mathur Member Traffic (Retd) Indian Railways

during annual workshop on Railwaysrsquo Heritage in National Academy of Indian Railways (previously Railway Staff College)

Vadodara


Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus building at night Construction Work started at 1878 amp completed at 1888 this structure has survived the hazards of time it provides tangible link between the past amp the present by giving a continuous cultural identityGovt of Maharashtra vide heritage list at Sr No 121 under resolution No DCR10903197RDPUD-11 dated 21 April 1997 declared this building as ldquoHERITAGE GRADE ndash Irdquo StructureUNESCO declared the building as a WORLD HERITAGE SITE on 07th July 2004

New Agartala Station reflects revival of Buddhist- Gothic Architectural Mix as seen in the Rashtrapati Bhawan (Indian Presidentrsquos Palace) New Delhi designed by Edwin Lutyens


Miscellaneous Railway signals and signal equipment Medical instruments etc


Sh Piyush Mathur CPROWCR along with Signal Man in Katni-Singrauli Section in the cabin

Inhaler used in the hospitals and health centres


Items Available at Heritage Park WRS Kota

Spoked Wheel Rim Year Built 1903

Plain Bearing Wheel Set manufactured by New York Wheel Co Buffalo for USArmy

in the year 1945 Some Wheels sets were donated to Indian Railway also


8 Wheeler Steel frame Bogie manufactured by Leeds (England) force Co in the year 1913 LB Springs amp Helical Springs were used in these bogies and wood were used in the bolster of the bogies These Bogies were used only for Carriages

lsquoOrsquo Type UIC Bogie during the initial production of Box Type BCX BRH Type lsquoOrsquotype bogie is designed for limited production in the year 1987-1960

Cattle Wagon is used for Transportation of Diamond frame bogie were used in BFR Wagons Cattle from one place to another in the year 1925-1930


Locomotives of West Central Railway

Loco No722F F class NG Guage Year Built 1926 Retired on 1986 Wheel Cofiguration 2-8-2 Presently displayed at DRM Office Bhopal

Loco No4143 YG class MG Guage Year Built 1956 Retired on 1993 Wheel Cofiguration 2-8-2 Presently displayed at Guna Railway Station



Loco No718F F class NG Guage Year Built 1926 Retired on 1975 Wheel Cofiguration 2-8-2 Presently displayed at Jabalpur Railway Station

Loco No723F F class NG Guage Year Built 1949 Wheel Cofiguration 2-8-2 Presently displayed at Katni Railway Station An Steam Enginersquos power is measured in ldquo horse powerrdquo A 150 HP engine is as strong as 150 Horses- but housed in one

coach with much ease


Old Time Table of GIP

BB amp CI Railway Workshop Bombay Pre-Independance Era showing overhead powershafts

and pulley driven transmission to each work centres


GOC may inspire Kota Workshop in NRMrsquos loco

maintenance

Under frame is assembled on the wheels Steam boilers cylinders amp motion parts

X37396 the new steam horse for the

NILGIRIS

(Proud Moment for the Golden Rock

Engineers Team)


वियासत ऩमडटन सासकनतक वियासत ऩमडटन भपर ऩमडटन

सॊमकत भ ऐततहालसक सॊयण क लरए National Trust न वियासत ऩमयटन (Heritage Tourism) को इस परकाय ऩरयबावषत ककमा ह- lsquolsquo उन सथानो की मातरा औय गततविरधमो का अनबि जो िहा क सथानीम रोगो की अतीत की कहातनमो को दषायती ह lsquolsquo

साॊसकततक वियासत ऩमयटन (Cultural Heritage Tourism) lsquolsquo उन सथानो की मातरा औय गततविरधमो का अनबि जो िहा क सथानीम रोगो की ितयभान एिॊ अतीत की कहातनमो को दषायती हlsquolsquo साॊसकततक वियासत ऩमयटन कई कायणो स परभख ह

इसका सकायातभक आरथयक एिॊ साभाशजक परबाि ह मह साॊसकततक वियासत को सॊयकषत रोगो क फीि आऩसी सदबािना सॊसकतत का सभथयन औय ऩमयटन क निीनीकयण भ भदद कयता ह

साॊसकततक वियासत ऩमयटन का सथानीम अथयवमिसथा ऩय एक जफयदसत आरथयक परबाि हो सकता ह आरथयक राब क लरम जस योजगाय नम कायोफाय आदद भ ऩमयटन कापी भहतिऩणय ह एक अचोछी तयह स परफॊरधतसतनमोशजत ऩमयटन कामयकरभ तथा यहिालसमो क ऩमयटन को आकषयण औय सिाओॊ का राब रन क साथ-साथ उनक जीिन की गणितता भ सधाय बी राता ह

ऩमयटन एक रशकतषारी आरथयक विकास उऩकयण ह ऩमयटन योजगाय वमाऩाय क नम अिसय औय सथानीम अथयवमिसथा को भजफती परदान कयता ह जफ साॊसकततक वियासत ऩमयटन का विकास सही ककमा जाता ह तो मह हभाय दष की पराकततक औय साॊसकततक खजान की या कयन भ भदद कयता ह

ऩमयटन का परायॊब धीय-धीय हआ परािीन कार स ही रोग एक सथान स दसय सथान ऩय आिागभन ककमा कयत थ जफ खोज का मग आमा तफ अभरयका िीन ऩतयगार जस दषो न आरथयक धालभयक औय अनम कायणो स कई सथानो की खोज की ऩमयटन का भनषटम जीिन भ फहत भहति ह िस तो भनषटम रर स ही कभय कयता यहा ह इसी कायण स उसका जीिन सॊघषयभम हो गमा ह बौततक जीिन क सखो की िकािध स परबावित होकय भनषटम अऩन जीिन भ अनक परकाय क सखो को ऩाना िाहता ह ऩयनत न तो उस सख राॊतत लभरती ह अवऩत कई परकाय क दख उसक जीिन भ घय कय रत ह इनही दखो स छटकाया ऩान क लरम भनषटम को ककसी क सहान सथान आदद की जरयत भहसस होती ह ताकक िह िहा जाकय कछ सभम वमतीत कय अऩन जीिन भ कछ आनॊदभम ऩय की अनबतत परापत कय सक

ितयभान दौड़बाग बयी शजॊदगी स दय जफ हभ ऩमयटन ऩय तनकरत ह िाह िह परकतत की सयमम िाददमा हो मा कोई एततहालसक इभायत बशकत भ डफा कोई धालभयक सथर हो मा ककसी विषष यहन-सहन िषबषा क रोगो क फीि कछ सभम वमतीत कयना हो हय शसथतत भ कबी हभ परकतत की फनाई हई सॊदय सॊयिना को दखकय भॊतरभगध होत ह औय कबी अऩनी परािीन इभायतो को दखकय गिय भहसस कयत ह विलबनन करा औय सॊसकतत क फीि हभ अऩन जीिन की ऩयषातनमो को बरकय कछ ददनो क लरम उसी भ यभ जात ह औय िाऩस आकय नई उजाय स अऩन काभ भ रग जात ह

बायत का रदम कहा जान िारा भपर अऩनी साॊसकततक वियासत औय यभणीम पराकततक सथरो स एक भहतिऩणय ऩमयटन याजम क रऩ भ सथावऩत ह भपर क ऩमयटन सथरो भ तनमन सथान परलसदध ह-

1 जफरऩय- बड़ाघाट (सॊगभयभय की िटटान) औय घआधाय जर परऩात क लरम परलसदध ह

2 बोऩार- भपर की याजधानी निाफी रानो-षौकत बवम भशसजद झीरो क लरम परलसदध ह

बोऩार को झीरो की नगयी बी कहा जाता ह


फडी झीर बोऩार ताजर भषसजद बोऩार

1 साची- सभायट अषोक दिाया फनिाम गम सतऩो क लरम साॊिी विषटि परलसदध ह

2 िजयाहो - िॊदर िॊष दिाया फनाम गम भॊददयो क लरम खजयाहो विषटि परलसदध ह

3 कानहा याषरीम उदमान - कानहा याषटरीम उदमान भधमपरदष क सफस फड़ उदमानो भ स एक ह मह याषटरीम उदमान भधमपरदष क भणडरा एिॊ फाराघाट शजरा भ शसथत ह मह याषटरीम उदमान दोनो शजर क रगबग 940 िगय ककभी क तर भ परा हआ ह

1 ऩच याषरीम उदमान - ऩि याषटरीम उदमान भधमपरदष क लसिनी एिॊ तछॊदिाड़ा शजर भ शसथत ह इस याषटरीम उदमान

का नाभ ऩि नदी क नाभ ऩय ऩड़ा ह जो इस याषटरीम उदमान क उततय स दकषण की तयप फहती ह इस उदमान को याषटरीम उदमान का दजाय सन 1983 भ लभरा था ऩयॊत सन 1992 स मह फाघ अभमायणम क रऩ भ सथावऩत ह

2 बीभफठक की गपाए - बीभफठक की गपाएॊ भधमपरदष क यामसन शजर भ शसथत ह मह गपाएॊ बायतीम भानि जीिन की परािीन तनषातनमो रिनहो को परदवषयत कयती ह भहाबायत कार भ इन गपाओॊ भ बीभ न विशराभ ककमा था तबी स इस सथान का नाभ बीभफठक ऩड़ा इन गपाओॊ भ आदद भानिो दिाया ऩतथयो ऩय उतकीणय रितरकायी का आकषयण फड़ा ही भनभोहक ह

बीभफठक गपाओ भ चचतरकायी


1 ओयछा - ओयछा भधमपरदष क टीकभगढ़ शजर भ शसथत एक रहय ह इस रहय को भहायाजा रर परताऩ लस ॊह न सन 1501 भ सथावऩत ककमा था ओयछा रहय फतिा नदी क तट ऩय झाॊसी स 15 ककभी की दयी ऩय एिॊ टीकभगढ़ स 80 ककभी की दयी ऩय शसथत ह ओयछा क भॊददय एिॊ ककर का आकषयण फयफस ही ऩमयटको को अऩनी ओय आकवषयत कयता ह

ओयछा

1 ऩचभढ़ी - ऩिभढ़ी भधमपरदष का एकभातर दहर सटषन ह जो पराकततक रऩ स सॊऩनन ह तरबदटष कार भ अॊगरजो न गभी स फिन क लरए इस सथान को विकलसत ककमा था होषॊगाफाद शजर भ सतऩड़ा की ऩहाडड़मो ऩय रगबग 1100 भी की ऊ िाई ऩय शसथत ऩिभढ़ी को चसतऩड़ा की यानीर बी कहा जाता ह वि ॊधमािर एिॊ सतऩड़ा की ऩहाडड़मो स आचोछाददत ऩिभढ़ी एक आदषय दहर सटषन ह महाॊ की खफसयत ऩहाडड़माॊ कर-कर कयत हए झयन भनभोहक हरयमालरमाॊ अदबत पराकततक नजाय हय तयप अऩनी खफसयती तरफखय यही ह धऩगढ़ ऩिभढ़ी स 8 ककभी की दयी ऩय शसथत ह तथा मह समोदम एिॊ समायसत दोनो क लरए भषहय ह सफह एिॊ राभ महाॊ का दषटम अतमॊत दषयनीम होता ह शजस रोग सारो सार तक नहीॊ बर ऩात ह वि ॊधमािर एिॊ सतऩड़ा की ऩहाडड़मो भ शसथत धऩगढ़ रगबग 1350 भी की ऊ िाई ऩय ह जो भधम बायत का सफस ऊ िा सथान बी ह

अपसया विहाय ऩचभढ़ी


1 भहय- भहय भधमपरदर क सतना शजर भ शसथत एक रहय ह भहय क तरतरकटा ऩहाडड़मो भ भाॊ रायदा दिी का एक भॊददय ह शजसभ परततददन हजायो दषयनाथी भाॊ क दषयन क लरए आत ह

भा शायदा दिी का भददय भहय

Written byShri Yogesh ChaureJE Mechanical DepttWCRHQ


Broad Guage Restaurant at Bhopal ndash Revenue Through Railway Heritage

One condemned ICF coach shell was purchased and converted ldquoPalace on WheelrdquoMaharaja type Dining Room Restaurant with creation of open air ambience similar to old Heritage Railway Station and it is located in Hotel Ashoka Lake view Shyamla Hills Bhopal where footfall of tourists in Bhopal earns good revenue for MP tourism One Steam loco has also been placed near upper lake Bhopal to glorify rich Indian Railwayrsquos Heritage as existed during the Nawabrsquos of Bhopal


Interior of Restaurant

Shan-e-Bhopal Restaurant (Pride of Bhopal Maharaja Style Interior Reconstruction)


History of Electrification of Indian Railway

ShDinesh Bansal Chief Electrical Engineer(Retired)

Indian Railways Railway Electrification made a modest beginning with the inauguration of first electric train between Bombay VT and

Kurla Harbour on 3rd February 1925 on then existing GIP Railway system at 1500 V DC Heavy gradients on the Western Ghats necessitated introduction of electric traction on Central Railway upto Igatpuri on North East line and Pune on South East line 1500 Volt DC traction was introduced on suburban section of Western Railway between Colaba and Borivili on 05011928 and Madras Beach and Tambram of Southern Railway on 11051931 This was primarily to meet the growing traffic in these metros Thus before the dawn of Independence India had 388 KM of electrification on DC traction In the post Independence era electrification of Howrah-Burdwan section of Eastern Railway was taken up on 3000 Volt DC during the First Five Year Plan period and completed in 1958 The first EMU services were inaugurated in Howrah-Sheoraphulli section by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru first Prime Minister of India on 14121957 25 kV AC system of traction emerged as an economical system of electrification as a result of extensive research and trials in Europe particularly on French Railways (SNCF) Indian Railways decided in 1957 to adopt 25 kV AC system of electrification as a standard with SNCF as their consultant in the initial stages In the wake of industrial development in the Eastern region due to the setting up of steel plants large scale movement of Iron and Coal substantial growth in freight traffic which could not be managed by steam traction electrification and dieselisation had to be introduced in early sixties to cope up with the growing traffic The first section electrified on 25 kV AC system was Raj Kharswan-Dongoaposi of South Eastern Railway in the year 1960 With a view to provide continuity of traction system Howrah-Burdwan section of Eastern Railway and Madras Beach Tambaram section of Southern Railway were converted to 25 kV AC system by 1968 The manufacture of Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) required for Kolkata suburban services was taken up indigenously at Integral Coach Factory (ICF) Chennai and first EMU rolled out during September 1962 Considering the various limitations in existing 1500 V DC traction systems in Central Railway and Western Railway a decision was taken to convert to 25 kV AC traction during 1996-97 Conversion from DC traction to AC traction is under progress

Courtesy (Rail Business Vol4 Issue 18 March 2013)


Electric Track Steam on Electric Track

Electrified track between Karjat amp Khandala station in Bhore Ghat ndash the dual existence

during transition phase

FIRST EMU 3rd FEB 1925


Motor Coach GIP Railway Year 1925

Production of Electric locomotives was simultaneously taken up indigenously at

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) in 1960 and the first 1500 V DC electric locomotive

for Bombay Area Lokmanya was flagged off on 14101961 by Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru the first Prime Minister of India

PtJawahar Lal Nehru on the controls of first Locomotive during inauguration


Imagein a nation

शीऩ िगन शीऩ िगन का ननभाडण 1929 भ लररआ िकड राऩ दिाया बड़ो को र जान हत ककमा गमा था इस िगन को चाय ट-दटमय कामऩाटडभट भ फाटा गमा था शीऩ िगन भ ऩानी की सपराई हत ऩाइऩ रग थ तथा अटनडड हत एक कामऩाटडभट साथ भ ननलभडत ककमा गमा था

No lsquoSmoke On The Waterrsquo colour

ldquothey carried only Cultural Capital of the same subcontinentrdquo

(Theme Courtesy David Leanrsquos film lsquorsquoDr Zhivagorsquorsquo written by Nobel laureate Boris Pasternak Steven Spielbergrsquos film ldquoSchindlerrsquos Listrdquo amp Shri Khuswant Singhrsquos novel A Train To Pakistan Rollersquos Publication)


Dara Cutting Kota-Nagda Section Kota Division

Our Heritage West Central Railway 2013-14

British and Princely Statesrsquo Railways Map in the year 1909


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Contents Page No

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44


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61







EDITORIAL



(SHIBAJI MONDAL)






MESSAGE






Railway









(Ramesh Chandra)
















(Alok Dave)





(SKPrasad)


















Station YEAR

1904

(Quintals)

1954

(Quintals)

2004-2005

(Quintals)

Katni-

Murwara 619320 601320 209220



Niwar 5320 38600 223270
































































धनमिाद






































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































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Sl No

Contents Page No

1 Editorial 3







17






30






feature

44


feature

61







EDITORIAL



(SHIBAJI MONDAL)






MESSAGE






Railway









(Ramesh Chandra)
















(Alok Dave)





(SKPrasad)


















Station YEAR

1904

(Quintals)

1954

(Quintals)

2004-2005

(Quintals)

Katni-

Murwara 619320 601320 209220



Niwar 5320 38600 223270
































































धनमिाद






































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation








EDITORIAL



(SHIBAJI MONDAL)






MESSAGE






Railway









(Ramesh Chandra)
















(Alok Dave)





(SKPrasad)


















Station YEAR

1904

(Quintals)

1954

(Quintals)

2004-2005

(Quintals)

Katni-

Murwara 619320 601320 209220



Niwar 5320 38600 223270
































































धनमिाद






































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation











MESSAGE






Railway









(Ramesh Chandra)
















(Alok Dave)





(SKPrasad)


















Station YEAR

1904

(Quintals)

1954

(Quintals)

2004-2005

(Quintals)

Katni-

Murwara 619320 601320 209220



Niwar 5320 38600 223270
































































धनमिाद






































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation






















(Alok Dave)





(SKPrasad)


















Station YEAR

1904

(Quintals)

1954

(Quintals)

2004-2005

(Quintals)

Katni-

Murwara 619320 601320 209220



Niwar 5320 38600 223270
































































धनमिाद






































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation











(SKPrasad)


















Station YEAR

1904

(Quintals)

1954

(Quintals)

2004-2005

(Quintals)

Katni-

Murwara 619320 601320 209220



Niwar 5320 38600 223270
































































धनमिाद






































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation






















Station YEAR

1904

(Quintals)

1954

(Quintals)

2004-2005

(Quintals)

Katni-

Murwara 619320 601320 209220



Niwar 5320 38600 223270
































































धनमिाद






































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation



































































धनमिाद






































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation










































































RAILWAYS


Salient Points

TYPES




HISTORY OF FLOODS




ARCH BRIDGES


WELL FOUNDATIONS

STEEL ARCH

SUPER STRUCTURE

PLATE GIRDERS



































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation







































































INDIAN RAILWAYS
























EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation





















EIR HEADQUARTERS



HOWRAH















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation


















`


JABALPUR



SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation









SALIENT FEATURES


EGMORE



LUCKNOW













BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation


















BOMBAY CENTRAL


FOUNDATION

BOMBAY CENTRAL


NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation








NAGPUR TRICHNOPOLY

POONA

BARODA HOUSE











REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation















REVOLUTION


JUST A FACcedilADE








ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation














ITARSI


LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation








LILUAH INSTITUTE





Vadodara

































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation







































maintenance



NILGIRIS


Engineers Team)

























ओयछा































Imagein a nation































ओयछा































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