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The Nepal
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with India. From
Kathmandu, travellers journeyed over the hills on foot, and then by lorry to Amlekhganj where they took the train to India. The need to walk was eliminated after
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In 1923, a short narrow gauge railway was built by J. V. Collier of the Indian Forest
Service to transport Nepalese timber to India. Collier had been assigned by Nepal's
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Construction began in March 1926, and the Nepal
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conducted a survey to construct a light railway from the border north to
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soldier returning to Nepal on leave, travelling on the train as he heads for home.
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prime minister to manage the forest department in Nepal. In the winter of 1924,
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611:"Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer Peacock"
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559:Aitchison, Sir Charles Umpherston (1929).
777:Railway companies disestablished in 1965
591:. The Library of Congress. 22 March 2011
659:"Nepal took the bus half a century ago"
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772:Railway companies established in 1927
721:A National Transport System for Nepal
292:Nepal Government Railway in the 1950s
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767:Defunct transport companies of Nepal
480:Commerce Reports Nos.14-26. Volume 2
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757:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Nepal
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690:"Railway Development In Nepal"
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688:Shrestha, Surya Bahadur.
530:Landon, Perceval (1928).
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419:NGR locomotive, ca 1947.
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731:. June 1965. p. 22
340:Nepal Transport Service
589:A Country Study: Nepal
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55:Raxaul-Amlekhganj Rail
502:Tilman, H.W. (1952).
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170:Track gauge
751:Categories
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464:References
260:Amlekhganj
218:Amlekhganj
140:1927-02-16
104:Amlekhganj
332:Kathmandu
254:'s first
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47:Overview
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377:Gallery
346:Closure
321:Garratt
306:Kolkata
284:History
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86:Bagmati
82:Madhesh
63:defunct
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371:Gurkha
361:Nepali
264:Raxaul
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148:Closed
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99:Raxaul
78:Locale
60:Status
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