Illustrated Guide To The South Indian Railway - PAPERBACK

About the book;- ''A well illustrated guide to the various branches of railway that net south India. It gives descriptions, mainly for the tourist, of the towns and cities that are passed through by the railway lines. The book gives interesting tit bits about accommodation, health, culinary advice etc. Meter and broad gauge line and noticed: Madras to Dhanushkodi, Madura to Tuticorin, Maniyachi – Trivandrum, Tinnevelly – Trichemdur, Chingulput – Arkonam, Villupuram – Pondicherry, Villupuram – Kotpadi, Tanjore, Vedaranniyam, Peralam, - Karaikkal, Tanjore – Nagore, Trichinopoly- Erode, Jalarpet- Mangalore, Trupattur- Krishnangiri, Morappur-Hosur, Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Podanur-Mettupalaiyam, Palghat; and Cochin state railway. The book has 69 photographs of the stations and terrain in between. This book is a reprint of the 1926 edition.South Indian Railway Company was a railway company which operated a number of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge lines in South India from 1874 to 1951. It was established with its headquarters in England in 1853. The Carnatic Railway Company was founded in 1869. The South Indian Railway Company was nationalized in 1944. On 1 April 1951, the South Indian Railway Company, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company and the Mysore Railway Company were merged to form the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. South Indian Railway Company was a railway company which operated a number of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge lines in South India from 1874 to 1951. It was established with its headquarters in England in 1853. The Carnatic Railway Company was founded in 1869. The two companies merged in 1874 to form the South Indian Railway Company. The new firm was registered in London in 1890 with Trichinopoly as its headquarters. In 1891, the Pondicherry Railway Company (incorporated in 1845 merged with the South Indian Railway Company.