This historic journey took place between Bombay and Thane, a distance of 34 kms. On 16th Apr 1853 at 3.30 PM 400 distinguished guests, boarded the train with 14 railway carriage which were hauled by three locomotives namely Sultan, Sindh and Sahib.
The journey took 57 minutes, with a brief halt just beyond Sion for water.These three locomotives belonged to the batch of eight ordered from the Vulcan Foundry by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIP) (now Central Railways) in 1852.
Some Other Interesting Facts of Indian Railways
Some Other Interesting Facts of Indian Railways
- Indian Railway is world’s largest employer with 1,646,704 staff.
- Indian Railway is the second largest railway of the world, and first in Asia.
- A.H. Wheeler and Co launched their Indian Railway Library in 1888.
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