Nov 15, 2004 - Sale 2023

Sale 2023 - Lot 110

Price Realized: $ 920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
PRAYOY SIMLA BY RAIL MOTOR. Circa 1930.
40x26 inches.
Condition B+: restoration and repaired tears at edges.
India's North Western Railway was founded in 1886. Within the system were several smaller, narrow gauge lines, including perhaps the most famous, to Simla (with a width of 2 feet 6 inches). Built in 1903, the 96 kilometer long track passed over 864 bridges and through 102 tunnels.