Golra Sharif Junction railway station

Posted on 16 May 2015 at 12:55

PAKISTAN RAILWAYS پاکستان ‎ریلویز

Pakistan Railways is a national state-owned rail transport service of Pakistan , headquartered in Lahore. It is administered by the federal government under the Ministry of Rilways. Pakistan Railway provides a mode of transportation throughout Pakistan. It is commonly referred to as the "life line of the country" by aiding in movement of people and freight throughout Pakistan.Pakistan Railways forms the life line of the country by catering to its needs for large scale movement of freight as well as passenger traffic. It not only contributes to its economic growth but also promotes national integration.

Pakistan Railways endeavors to run the trains strictly in accordance to time table. The progressive freight train support organization operated by professional management and competent staff endavours to provide reliable, competitive and economical service of recognized standards to its customers.

ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF RAILWAYS

The history of transport is as old as that of man himself.The modern railway was a development of the horse-drawn wagon or tramway, used in England in sixteenth to eighteenth centuries for haulage of minerals to reivers or ports.As the roads were bad and weagons had to be guided through tunnels, some one thought of laying down wooden planks for the wheels to run on.The planks wore out quickly and then someone else put iron plates to nail them down to reduce wear.Thus came to first 'plate ways'.The wooden planks and wheels were later replaced with those iron roads i.e 'Rails' .It reduced wear and enabled much heavier loads ro be pulled.The first railway built for general use on payement of fee or toll was the horse-drawn surrey Iron Railway from Wandsworth to Groydon and Carshalton, which was opened in 1804.The Napoleonic was took away the horses and Richard Trevithick (1771-18833) designed a steam engine mounted on wheels which generated sufficient power to move it.This ultinately spelled the exit of the horse and the entrance of the steam engine which was later replaced by the diesel and electric locomotives in the '20' century.

GOLRA SHARIF JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION

The Golra Sharif Junction railway station lies on the main line of the Pakistan Railways which connects the rest of the country in the south and Peshawar in the north. More than 20 trains pass through this station every day.It is situated South West to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan at the altitude of 1994 feet. Its magnificent building has Victorian architecture and composed of yellow stone masonry comprises five hall-like rooms. The station that once linked Peshawar, Kohat, Havelian and Multan.This station also contains hestoric items belongs to Pakistan Railways (British ones too).I will show You these one by one.

The Pakistan Locomotive Factory at at Risalpur, a public spread on an area of 251 acres (102 ha), was put into service in 1993. The factory was equipped for building diesel locomotives.

DIESEAL LOCOMOTIVE MODEL

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive. These Diesel Locomotives are using diesel as their fuel.These engines are cheaper and easier to operate than steam, engines that's why these engines are used in most of the countries.

STEAM ENGINES

At Golra Sharif Junction railway station (Our country) Pakistan's old steam engines are also displayed for public .They were not used after early nintees .A steam engine is basically a full heat engine and performs mechanical work which uses steam for its fuel..The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick in the United Kingdom.

POSTAL VAN

The compartment of train you saw in pictures named as postal van.In early sixtees and even more before train is the only mode of delivering letters.

Letter Box

This letter box which was taken from a railway station on the Tanga-Moschi Line in German East AFRICA, captured by the British during 1916 was presented to the Lahore post office by Major-General Sir R.H.Ewart D.A and Q.M.G , in recognition of the services rendered by postal officials of this circle to the East African expedition ARY Force.

INSPECTION CAR

PASSENGERS COMPARTMENTS

Until at the end of 19th century Passengers compartments made of wood.The are designed to carry passengers.

ELECTRIC COMPARMENT

CARGO COMPARMENT

VIP COMPARTMENTS

RAILWAY TRACKS

A railway track or railway line is a set of two parallel and equal rows of long pieces of strong stell. They are basically used by trains to transport from one place to another. (In USA, people termed as railroad as well as railway. Often, there is more than one set of tracks on the railway line especially on stations.The rails are supported by cross pieces set at regular intervals (called sleepers or ties), which spread the high pressure load imposed by the train wheels into the ground. They also maintain the rails at a fixed distance apart (called the gauge).

RAILWAY HAND CRANES

Railway cranes is a type of crane used on railway tracks .Their basic purposes was to lifting the goods , track maintenance and accident recovery work.Now these hand cranes are not using any more.They are replaced with heavy cranes.

MECHANICAL SIGNALS

These signals are mechanical device erected beside a railway lines.Their main purpose i to pass information to train/engine drivers.These are the oldest form of signals but we are still using these ones. These signals had two or at most three positions.

SECURITY COMPARTMENT

These types of compartments are usually found at the last.Their main purpose is to secure the train from behind and securities guards can easily stay in this campartment.

HORSE DRAWN TRAMWAY

The horse-drawn tramway was introduced by Sir Gangaram in the subcontinent.It was a local mass transit system.A light tram consisting of four trolleys, hooked to one another and drawn by a medium sized ponny.It conncected Sir Gnga Ram's Gangapur village with the Buchiana Railway station at JNW-section.It trotted over a two feet wide and two miles long track and could carry forty passengers seated on wooden benches.A shed and stable were also built in the middle of village.It provided a ready means of transport for men and material.