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Images of the Burma Railways


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Burma Railway's Office Bldg., Rangoon, 2017
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Burma Railway's Office Bldg., Rangoon, 2017
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Burma Railway's Office Bldg., Rangoon, 2017

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The slideshow has various photos taken in 2017.

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Burma Railways Office, Rangoon, 1912
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1912

Insein Station
​2017

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Standard O Class out-side cylinder 4-4-0 of the meter-gauge line. The Royal Train on the Burma State Railway
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Edward Stanley Willix in his cab of the Royal Train which carried the Prince of Wales to Mandalay in 1905. (See obituaries - photo by R.W. Marshall, of Maymyo)
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c. 1900's

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Beyer-Garratt articulated locomotive, introduced in 1924, Lashio Branch of B.R.
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Beyer Garret Steam Engine 2-8-0+0-8-2
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Rail carriage circa - 1910

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No. 243 -circa 1910
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circa 1910
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Images 536, 537 & 538, Pazundaung Foundry, wagon bodies built for Burma Cement Co., Lanywa Well. (From the I.F.C. collection)
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DIESEL RAILCAR ( circa 1910 )

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YB class 4-6-2 No. 532 leaving Pyuntaza
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YB loco. no. 532, entering Pyuntaza
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Meter-gauge . YB Class 2-8-2 No. 539 This is the 07.05 Mandalay to Madaya Service . It is seen here coming into Mandalay Fort, 1975
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YC class Loco no. 627

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YD class, No. 964, near Moulmein
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YD class 2-8-2 No. 972 heads a down goods train into Thaton
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YD class No. 974, heads a sugar train near Swa
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YL class No. 974 at Myohale on the Sugar Line

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YL class No 974
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Bago Shed
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Taking on water at Bago Shed
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The Bago Srone Quarry Railway Line

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No. 629, Pyinmana Shed
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Pyinmana Shed
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Pyinmana Sugar Line
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Loading sugar cane at Lewe

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Rangoon, 2012
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Burma Mines Loco. No. 42 near Namyao, its working days are over
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Railway Officer's inspection carriage, c. 1935

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Toungoo
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Mandalay, 2013
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Mandalay, 2013
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Mandalay, 2013

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Rangoon, May 2014
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Rangoon, May 2014
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Rangoon, May 2014
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Rangoon, May 2014

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1884, STEAM TRAM
1884, The first Tramway in Rangoon was opened by Messrs. J.W. Darwood, who ran a steam train on a line from the Strand up China Street and Pagoda Road to the Shwe Dagon.  A year later another line was run from China Street westwards along Dalhousie Street to the junction of that street with the Strand Road; and eastwards from China Street along Dalhousie Street up Sule Pagoda Road and along Montgomerie Street to Pazundaung; while in 1886 the western line was extended to Williams Street and a further line was established from the Sule Pagoda along Dalhousie Street and down Judia Ezekiel Street to the Strand.  In 1887 the Western Line was extended as far as College Street.  In 1889 the undertaking was sold to the Stram Tramway Company of Calcutta, with Messrs. Gillander Arbuthbot as agents. 

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 THE ORIGINAL GOKTEIK BRIDGE   Mandalay – Lashio Line:-
Along this ravine flows a rapid river which has eaten a tunnel through the rock barrier 400 ft. high, on either side are high bluffs of limestone, one of which is 1,000 ft high.  The line is carried across the valley and gorge by a graceful trestle bridge to the bluffs beyond.  It gradually ascends by a series of tunneling and torturous curves till it reaches the summit of the hills many feet above the level of the bridge itself. 
The abutments and foundations were prepared by the railroad company.  An American firm of engineers erected the bridge, the total length of which is 2,260 ft.  It is carried by fifteen lattice-work trestles, the highest of which is 320 ft. long and rests upon the natural bridge of rock which spans the Chung-zaum river, 825 below rail level.  4,300 tons of iron and steel were used in construction and one million rivets.  The bridge was completed in nine months and cost £113,200. 

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GOKTEIK GORGE RAILWAY BRIDGE c. 1900
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GOKTEIK RAILWAY BRIDGE. c. 1900
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GOKTEIK RAILWAY BRIDGE. c. 1900's
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GOKTEIK RAILWAY BRIDGE - 1905

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Gokteik Bridge, 2014
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The old Gokteik Bridge (photo taken from the new one) 2014
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The old Gokteik Bridge (photo taken from the new one) 2014
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Gokteik Viaduct - circa 1910

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Gokteik Viaduct, spanning the Gokteik Gorge. This viaduct was built and opened to traffic in 1903. During WWII it was bombed and partially destroyed by the Allied Forces. Repaired and restored to rail traffic in 1954.
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Gokteik Viaduct, 320 ft. above the valley floor, 800 ft. above the river which flows through a natural tunnel under the viaduct. Photo c. 1935
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Gokteik Viaduct

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Ava Bridge, built 1930-33, opened to traffic 1934. One of the 360 ft. spans was blown up in April 1942 by the retreating Allied Forces. Repaired and brought into service in 1954.
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Ava Bridge, 2014. Rail and road bridge across the Irrawaddy at Mandalay, it is three quarters of a mile long.
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Sittang Bridge under construction - 1906
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Sittang Bridge, c. 1950's

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Sagaing Bridge (old and new) Mandalay, 2014
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Namnoi Bridge, (Shwenyaung - Heho, S. Shan States) 1925/6 From Fiona Thorburn's Collection
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Namnoi Bridge, (Shwenyaung - Heho, S. Shan States) 1925/6 From Fiona Thorburn's Collection
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Namnoi Bridge, (Shwenyaung - Heho, S. Shan States) 1925/6 From Fiona Thorburn's Collection

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​Ave Bridge, near Mandalay. Three quarter mile long rail and road bridge.  One of the 360' spans was blown up in 1942 by the retreating forces.  The bridge was repaired after the war and reopened on 7th Oct. 1954.
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​Ave Bridge
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Jan. 1946. Bomb damaged Railway Bridge on the Sagaing-Naba Section.
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Kalaw Train Station, 2013

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Rangoon Station, Phayre St. c. 1900
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Rangoon Train Station, c. 1900
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Rangoon Train Station
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Burma Railways Offices, Montgomery St. Rangoon c.1900





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