The reversing station on the Bhore Ghaut incline
The reversing station on the Bhore Ghaut incline. At the time of its construction, the Bhore Ghaut incline was the highest and longest railway incline in the world, rising 1832 feet over 16 miles. There is one point along the line where, to gain height, the railway sweeps along the face of the mountain; and, as there is no space to turn round, a reversing station was formed, where a new engine would be attached, so that which was the end of the train becomes the head, and it then ascends a similar incline, like one shelf above another
Picture No
10417685
Media ID
46057189
Size
5119px x 3348px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed illustration in The Illustrated London News, 6th March 1869, page 248
Date
1869
