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Railway, then and now – Part 2

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Sri Lanka Railway possesses many different kinds of locomotives. The age of which varies from 5 to 52 years. General Motors and Alco are more popular models due to their reliability; other engines used are Paxman Valenta, Caterpillar and Ruston.
The H.P. of running line locos vary from 1000 H.P.-2400 H.P. MTU 1200 H.P. engines are [...]

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Railway, then and now – Part 1

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Rail services in Sri Lanka were commenced by British in 1864 with the inauguration of the first train to Ambepussa. Thereafter Railway tracks were extended to Kandy and to the central hills mainly to transport tea and other agricultural produce for export to the Port of Colombo, on which the country’s entire economy depended on.
Although [...]

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