File:Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Class A 4-6-0 steam locomotive tenders (William Bagnall, Stafford 1933).jpg
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DescriptionGaekwar's Baroda State Railway Class A 4-6-0 steam locomotive tenders (William Bagnall, Stafford 1933).jpg |
English: Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Class A 4-6-0 steam locomotive tenders (William Bagnall, Stafford 1933).
An official Charles Edward Fowke photo of several new William Bagnall 4-6-0 steam locomotive tenders for the Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway in India. The GBSR was the first narrow gauge line to be laid in British India, and also the first railway to be owned by any Princely State of India. In 1862, Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad, the Maharaja of Baroda, inaugurated 8 miles (13 km) of a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) railway line from Dabhoi to Miyagam. Oxen were used to haul the train, although in 1863, Nielson & Co. built a locomotive to be operated on the line from Dabhoi to Miyagram, as the 6.5 km/m rails were not suited for the regular use of an engine. Later, during the rule of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the railway's network was further expanded. In 1873, the Dabhoi-Miyagam line (the first 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) line) was relaid with stronger rails to allow locomotives to be used, rather than oxen. However, locomotives were not regularly used on the line until 1880. During the Maharaja's reign, railway network extended to Goyagate, Chandod, Bodeli and Samalaya Jn with Dabhoi as its focal point. In 1949, the Gaikwad Baroda State Railway was merged with the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway which was subsequently merged in 1951 with other adjacent zones to form Western Railway. |
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Source | Historical Railway Images on Flickr |
Author | Charles Edward Fowke (1877-1966) was born in Stafford 1877 and lived at 17 Cramer St in Stafford as a photographer in 1911. He was unmarried and lived with his mother. During the 1901 census Fowke worked as a chemist assistant and lived at 18 Market Square in Stafford. He worked from 1905 to 1915 in partnership with Paul Weiss at 15 Victoria Street in Stafford, and operated from 1915 to 1937 at the same address. He died in 1966.[1] |
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- ↑ Paul Clarke: Portrait of a Soldier by Charles Fowke Stafford.
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