[🇵🇰] Pakistan Railway History

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Attock Bridge on river Indus
1895

1935 Steam Locomotive
at resting place.

 

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The Bolan Pass Is Approximately 60 Miles Long (100 km) And Is At An Altitude Of 5,880 Feet (1,792 metres). Due To Its Strategic Location, The Pass Has Traditionally Been Used As A Gateway To India By Traders, Invaders And Nomadic Tribes. The Railroad Cuts Through The Pass En Route To The Afghanistan Frontier.

From The Macnabb Collection (Col James Henry Erskine Reid): Album Of Miscellaneous Views, Taken In The 1880's. The Bolan Pass Is A Gap In The Central Brahui Mountain Range, Balochistan Province, Pakistan.

 

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PR Electric car in resting place ,,

 

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Khyber Train

 

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The railways has 8 regional operating divisions:

Pakistan Railways Karachi Division
Pakistan Railways Sukkur Division
Pakistan Railways Multan Division
Pakistan Railways Lahore Division
Pakistan Railways Rawalpindi Division
Pakistan Railways Peshawar Division
Pakistan Railways Quetta Division
Pakistan Railways Gwadar Division (not active yet)

 

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Museum and Railway Station ... Golra Shatf, , Attock district, Punjab...

Inside the Museum you will find a number of historic relics including old uniforms, models, diaries of the original station master and train guards, and an old 8mm projector that would have played in train entertainment:

 

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More from Golra Sharif Railway Museum ...

 

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1880 Lahore