Rolling Stock
- Wagons were normally 8 feet long by 6 feet wide (2.4 by 1.8 m), with two 8-inch (200 mm) diameter rail wheels. The coaches were supported by a road wheel of 98 cm diameter, set at 7 feet (2.1 m) from the rail.
- The passenger coaches on the Sirhind Line were open-sided wagons with knifeboard seating.
- In 1908 there was a total of 75 goods wagons and 15 passenger coaches.
- According to Col. Bowles, there were a few 30-foot (9.1 m) long goods wagons, having two road wheels. Some of these wagons were also converted for use as passenger coaches by having transverse benches fitted in them.
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