The Dholpur-Bari Train
The Dholpur-Bari Light Railway (DBLR) was a 2' 6" narrow gauge line (among 23 notable narrow gauge railways). Previously owned and managed by the Dholpur Durbar. The line ran from its junction at Dholpur, which is on from Jhansi to Agra route. Its carriages are longer than Indian (narrow gauge) standard, having been built in Dholpur by the railway and still bearing proudly polished Dholpur-Bari, or Dholpur State or even Central Railway builder’s plates. Behind windows that are half sunshade and half glass, the slat seats and solid luggage racks of these cars were arranged in open compartments. Such carriages provided half the distinctive Dholpur look of the train; Bari is the chief town on the line, and the place where all the trains waites for some time, and crosses morning and evening. Here one could take tea, watch the small, creaking wooden ferries wheel in the park alongside.<6> Ref
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