Rajendra B. Aklekar / RAJENDRA BAKLEKAR
Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Did you know that India’s first steam engine never ran on tracks and was actually used to rundriving mills in a factory?That the maximum speed of the first commercial train in India was 4.5 miles/hour?That the country’s first-ever steam locomotive could never be introduced commercially since itwas destroyed in a factory blast?That the locomotive engine for the maiden rail run between Bombay and Thane was pulled by200 coolies on streets?That there actually was a plan to build a rail network from the English Channel all the way tothe river Indus?This is a people’s history of Indian Railways. Anecdotes and stories are curated from the time thefirst wagon rolled in India, up to the advent of bullet trains.