11-21-2008, 01:14 PM
<b>18 November 1852:</b>
Locomotive Falkland, named after the British Governor of Bombay, hauled some coaches on a trial run from Bori Bandar to Thane (35 KMs). This probably was the first "real" train to run in India, not counting the industrial usage of Steam Railways done a year back in Roorkee for hauling construction material for Ganga Canal works.
http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html
Locomotive Falkland, named after the British Governor of Bombay, hauled some coaches on a trial run from Bori Bandar to Thane (35 KMs). This probably was the first "real" train to run in India, not counting the industrial usage of Steam Railways done a year back in Roorkee for hauling construction material for Ganga Canal works.
http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html