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{{short description|Railway line in British India}}
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'''Mayurbhanj State Railway (MSR)''' was a {{RailGauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} [[Narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] railway owned by [[Mayurbhanj State]] in [[British India]].<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mayurbhanj-state-railway/474611/ Indian Express - Mayurbhanj State Railway]</ref>

==History==
The railway was built by the erstwhile ruler of [[Mayurbhanj State]], Maharaja [[Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo]]. The first section of 52 km from [[Rupsa, India|Rupsa]] to [[Baripada railway station|Baripada]] was opened for traffic on 20 January 1905. Rupsa was the junction with [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]'s {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}} [[broad gauge]]line. An agreement was signed on 2 December 1918, for extending the line to Talband, 61.5 km away. This section was opened on 15 July 1920. The line was managed through managing agents, Hoare Miller & Co. of Calcutta and was operated by the BNR.

MSR chose 20 ton [[0-6-4T]] locomotives, designated as 'ML' class. The first two of these (No-691, 692) were built by [[Kerr, Stuart and Company]]. Later in 1924, two more locomotives (No-693, 694) built by the same company were added. These locos were later transferred to [[Naupada]] shed of [[Parlakimedi Light Railway]] , renamed PL class and heavier 'CC' class [[4-6-2]] locos of [[Satpura Railway]] were introduced on MSR. These were built by [[North British Locomotive Company]], [[Glasgow]]. Later ZE class locomotives built by M/S [[Corpet-Louvet]], M/S [[Krauss Maffei]] and M/S [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]] were introduced. All locos were homed at [[Baripada]] loco shed.

After Independence, when the railways were regrouped, MSR was merged with BNR along with eastern divisions of the [[East Indian Railway]] to create the [[Eastern Railway (India)|Eastern Railway]] on 14 April 1952.<ref>''The Indian and Pakistan Year Book'' - Volume 36 -1950- Page 281.</ref>

== Conversion to broad gauge ==
The MSR was converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2004.<ref>[]https://infrastructureindia.gov.in/view-project?p_p_id=viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet_jspPage=%2Fhtml%2Fviewproject%2Fview.jsp&_viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet_ppp=Government+Infrastructure+Projects+(Traditional+Procurement)&_viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet_projectId=14494 Completed Railway Projects</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://ontesting.in/nrm/rollingstock.html National Rail Museum]

{{Railway lines in Eastern India}}

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