DerekC
Established Member
Great Indian Peninsular Railway
and @Gloster gives: Bombay & BarodaGreat Indian Peninsular Railway
Will Darjeeling do?
Himalayan Mountain Railway
Punjab Railway
For interest, Mr Pedia lists 214 railway companies in India - see:
- Ahmedabad–Dholka Railway
- Ahmedabad–Prantij Railway
- Alnavar–Dandeli Railway
- Amraoti State Railway
- Amritsar–Patti Railway
- Assam Behar Railway
- Assam Railways and Trading Company
- Assam Railway
- Assam Railway Link Project
- Bahawalpur Royal Railway
- Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa Railway
- Baria State Railway
- Barsi Light Railway
- Barun–Daltonganj Railway
- Bengal and North Western Railway
- Bengal Assam Railway
- Bengal Central Railway
- Bengal Dooars Railway
- Bengal Provincial Railway
- Bengal Nagpur Railway
- Bezwada Extension Railway
- Bhagalpur Badli Railway
- Bhavnagar State Railway
- Bhavnagar Tramway
- Bhopal State Railway
- Bikaner State Railway
- Bilaspur–Etawa Provincial State Railway
- Bina–Goona–Baran Railway
- Birur–Shimoga Railway
- Bombay Port Railway
- Bombay, Agra and Delhi Railway
- Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
- Bowringpet–Chikballapur Railway
- Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport
- Calcutta Chord Railway
- Calcutta Port Commissioner's Railway
- Calcutta Tramways Company
- Carnatic Railway
- Cawnpore Tramways and General Electric Works
- Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway
- Central India Railway
- Central Indian Coalfields Railway
- Central Provinces Railway
- Central Salsette Tramway
- Chaparmukh Silghat Railway
- Cherra Companyganj State Railways
- Chickjajur–Chitaldrug Railway
- Chikballapur–Bangalore City Railway
- Cooch Behar State Railway
- Cutch State Railway
- Dacca State Railway
- Dandot Light Railway
- Darbhanga State Railway
- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
- Daund–Baramati Railway
- Dehri Rohtas Light Railway
- Delhi Electric Tramways and Lighting Company
- Delhi Railway
- Delhi–Umballa–Kalka Railway
- Deoghur Railway
- Dhampur–Sherkot Tramway
- Dholka–Dhandhuka Railway
- Dholpur State Railway
- Dhond–Manmad State Railway
- Dhrangadra Railway
- Dibru–Sadiya Railway
- Drangdhara State Railway
- East Bengal State Railway
- East Coast State Railway
- East India Tramway Company
- East Indian Railway
- Eastern Bengal Railway
- Eastern Punjab Railway
- Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway
- Gaekwar's Dabhoi Railway
- Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway
- Godhra–Rutlam–Nagda Railway
- Gondal State Railway
- Gondia Chanda Railway
- Great Indian Peninsula Railway
- Great Southern of India Railway
- Guntakal–Mysore Frontier Railway
- Guzerat Railway Company
- Gwalior Light Railway
- Hardwar–Dehra Railway
- Hindupur–Yesvantpur Railway
- Holkar State Railway
- Hooghly Katwa Railway
- Hospet Kottur Railway
- Hyderabad–Jodhpur Railway
- Indian Branch Railway
- Indian Government Railway
- Indian Midland Railway
- Indian Mill and Railway Company
- Indus Flotilla Railway
- Indus Valley State Railway
- Jaipur State Railway
- Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway
- Jessore–Jhenidah Light Railway
- Jetalsar–Rajkot Railway
- Jhansi–Manikpore State Railway
- Jind–Panipat Railway
- Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway
- Jorhat State Railway
- Jubbulpore Gondia Extension Railway
- Junagadh State Railway
- Kalka–Shimla Railway
- Kandla Port Railway
- Kandhar State Railway
- Kangra Valley Railway
- Karaikkal–Peralam Railway
- Katakhal Lalbazar Railway
- Kathiawar State Railway
- Katni–Umaria Provincial State Railway
- Kaunia–Dharlla State Railway
- Kaunia–Kurigram Railway
- Khamgaon State Railway
- Khanai–Hindubagh Railway
- Khijadiya–Dhari Railway
- Khulna–Bagerhat Railway
- Kolar Gold Fields Railway
- Kolhapur State Railway
- Kundala Valley Railway
- Kushalgarh–Kohat–Thal Railway
- Larkana–Jacobabad Railway
- Ledo and Tikak Margherita Colliery Railway
- Lucknow–Bareilly State Railway
- Ludhiana–Dhuri–Jakhal Railway
- Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
- Madras Electric Tramways
- Madras Port Trust Railways
- Madras Railway
- Mandra–Bhon Railway
- Martin's Light Railways
- Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway
- Matheran Hill Railway
- Mayurbhanj State Railway
- McLeod's Light Railways
- Mewar State Railway
- Morvi Railway
- Muttra–Achnera Provincial State Railway
- Muttra–Hathras Provincial State Railway
- Mymensingh–Bhairab Bazar Railway
- Mysore State Railway
- Mysore–Arsikere Railway
- Mysore–Nanjangud Railway
- Nagda–Ujjain Railway
- Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway
- Nagpur–Chhindwara Railway
- Nainpur–Mandla Branch Railway
- Nanjangud–Chamrajnagar Railway
- Nasik Tramway
- Nepal–Janakpur Railway
- Nilgiri Mountain Railway
- Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
- Noakhali Railway
- North Western State Railway
- Northeast Frontier Railways
- Nowshera–Durgai Railway
- Okhamandal State Railway
- Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
- Oudh and Tirhut Railway
- Oudh State Railway
- Pachora Jamner Railway
- Palanpur–Deesa Railway
- Panposh–Raipura Railway
- Parlakimedi Light Railway
- Pathankot–Mukerian Link Project
- Patiala State Monorail Trainways
- Patna and Gaya State Railway
- Patna Tramways
- Patri State Railway
- Petlad–Cambay Railway
- Piplod–Devgad–Baria Railway
- Pondicherry Railway
- Punjab Northern State Railway
- Punjab Railway
- Purulia Ranchi Light Railway
- Raipur Dhamtari Railway
- Rajkot–Beti Tramway
- Rajpipla State Railway
- Rajputana–Malwa Railway
- Ranaghat–Krishnanagar Railway
- Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway
- Sangli State Railway
- Santipur–Nabadwip Light Railway
- Sara–Sirajgunj Railway
- Satpura Railway
- Saurashtra Railway
- Scinde Railways
- Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway
- Segowlie–Roxaul Railway
- Shakuntala Railway
- Shoranur–Cochin Railway
- Sind Sagaar Railway
- Sind–Pishin State Railway
- South Behar Railway
- South Indian Railway
- Southern Mahratta Railway
- Southern Punjab Railway
- Tanjore District Board Railway
- Tapti Valley Railway
- Tarkessuar Railways
- Tezpore–Balipara Light Railway
- Tinnevelly–Quilon Railway
- Tirhut Railway
- Trans–Baluchistan Railway
- Tumsar–Tirodi Light Railway
- Udaipur–Chittorgarh Railway
- Vijapur–Kalol–Kadi Railway
- Visakhapatnam Port Trust Railway
- Wardha State Coal Railway
- West of India Portuguese Railway
- Zhob Valley Railway
Sounds good to me!
OK with me
I'll guess Standard Gauge, Metre Gauge and 2-foot Gauge, but I really have no idea.
Delete standard gauge and replace with 5ft 6in gauge. The other two (metre and 2-foot (60cm)) are right, I think, but what others were there? Given British influence I am going to suggest 2ft 6in gauge. (Does the monorail count as zero gauge?)
I have a sort of personal interest in this because my 3xGGrandfather went to India in the 1840s to survey a possible route for what became the GIPR over the Ghats. They didn't use his route, sadly. On his return he wrote a paper which was a plea for the local population to be able to benefit from the investment that was going in and that they should very soon be given their independence. (I am quite proud of him, although he was about 100 years ahead of his time!).
Absolutely right. I thought Robert Stephenson's trip to South America was well known but Richard Trevithick might be more difficult. I wonder if they discussed steam locomotive design - it seems likely!I will guess at Richard Trevithick and Robert Stephenson.
I would guess at all the Britannias ( 55 built ), all the Clans ( 10 built ) plus Duke of Gloucester and Evening Star.
Which I make to be 67?
I would guess at all the Britannias ( 55 built ), all the Clans ( 10 built ) plus Duke of Gloucester and Evening Star.
Which I make to be 67?
Both are still a fair way from the total.There were also some Standard 5s on the Southern Region (73082 Camelot at the Bluebell Railway being the only survivor I believe), not sure how many though. Maybe ten of them?
I’m only adding this as an afterthought to Peters answer by the way.
Both are still a fair way from the total.
The Riddles standard classes only.I’m stumped to be honest. Are you including things like Modified Halls that were built into the BR era? I assumed you just meant the Riddles Standard classes?
Very, very close.
Entirely correct. I thought that 70047 might catch some people.Correction: 86 (54 Britannias - 70047 was never named, 20 class 5s, Evening Star, Duke of Gloucester and 10 Clans)
Thanks. Just outside of which French station in 1917 took place the worst ever rail accident in Europe in terms of deaths and injuries?Entirely correct. I thought that 70047 might catch some people.
....is the correct answer. Back to you!St Michel-de-Maurienne?