• ISBN13: 9789353332877
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Rupa Publications
• Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications
• Publication Date: May 24, 2019
• Pages: 250
• Original Price: INR 395.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 250 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

Did you know that India's first steam engine never ran on tracks and was actually used to run driving mills in a factory? That the maximum speed of the first commercial train in India was 4.5 miles/hour? That the country's first-ever steam locomotive could never be introduced commercially since it was destroyed in a factory blast? That the locomotive engine for the maiden rail run between Bombay and Thane was pulled by 200 coolies on streets? That there actually was a plan to build a rail network from the English Channel all the way to the river Indus? This is a people's history of Indian Railways. Anecdotes and stories are curated from the time the first wagon rolled in India, up to the advent of bullet trains.