Title
Photograph album 1
Reference
HL/4/1/1
Production date
1923 - 1933
Scope and Content
One photograph album containing photographs of an express passenger electric locomotive for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, contract no. F2971, engine no. 3667.
Extent
1 volume
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York
Associated people and organisations
- Great Indian Peninsula RailwayBiographyBiography
The Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR) came into existence on April 16, 1853, with the line running from Bombay to Kalyan. The aim was to open a channel to transport trade from cotton growing districts to beyond the Ghats. The GIP Railway was purchased by the Government of India on 1st July 1900 and amalgamated GIP with the Indian Midland Railway. In 1951 the GIPR combined with the Nizam Guaranteed State Railway, Dholpur State Railway and the Scindia State Railway to form a zone of Indian Railways named Central Railway.