Ali Masjid Gorge [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
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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...
Near Michni Kandao [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View from the road below, looking up towards a locomotive entering a tunnel above With accompanying letterpress description: The railway is 26 miles long from Jamrud to Landi Khana. The gauge is 5' - 6". The maximum gradient up to Landi Kotal is 1 in 33 and the maximum grade down to Landi Khana...
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 ...
Bagiari Station at the mouth of the Khyber Pass. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
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View along the line towards the station With accompanying letterpress description: The Khyber Railway. The Khyber Railway starts from Jamrud 1,500 feet above sea level and immediately after leaving the station the grade steadily increases in severity as the train approaches the clearly marked m...