Southern Railway (Indian Railway)

Southern Railway's is one of the Zonal Railway of Indian Railway and its history dates back to 1852 the year in which Madras Railway Company was registered. During the process of its varied growth, this Railway has passed through many phases, to mention a few; from the era to Company Railway and back to State Management, from steam locomotives to diesel and electric locomotives, from semaphore signals to colour light signals and from conventional track maintenance to mechanized track maintenance.

Southern Railway, on its formation in 1951 comprised of three major railway systems viz.,

1) Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway with its headquarters at Company based at Royapuram, Madras (Tamil Nadu State) and Southern Mahratta Railway based at Hubli Dharwar (Karnataka State).

2) South Indian Railway headquartered at Tiruchchirappalli (Tamil Nadu State) and

3) Mysore State Railway headquartered at Mysor...