Haputale Railway. Temporary bridge and new 16 feet culvert at 15¾ miles — June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the temporary bridge and culvert, with a locomotive in the centre of the span and railway labourers posed at the foot of the bridge.
General view looking along the line towards the station buildings and sidings, with European and Singhalese figures posed beside the locomotive in the foreground.
Near Fort Maude [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing a train crossing a bridge on the Khyber Railway With accompanying letterpress description: The second reversing station is soon reached at Changai, whose station building was visible on the sky line from below. Starting again from Changai, the railway runs in a wide loop round the ...
Near Medanak Reversing Station [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View looking onto the line and tunnel With accompanying letterpress description: The train then plunges into the series of tunnels which carry the track through a narrow limestone gorge and only fleeting views are obtained as the train passes in and out of the tunnels. The line finally emerges ...
Ali Masjid Gorge [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing a locomotive approaching a tunnel, with the road through the pass below With accompanying letterpress description: The main fort and camp lie on the further side of Ghatzai ridge which stands immediately above the station. Immediately on leaving Landi Kotal station the line falls a...