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The Burma Mines Railway is a gauge railway in Myanmar for the transportation of locally mined silver and lead ore to a smelter at Namtu. The line runs from Namyao, on the Mandalay - Lashio branch of Myanmar Railways, via Namtu to Bawdwin and is long. ==History== The Burma Mines, Railway and Smelting Co Ltd was founded in March 1906 and the construction of the railway started in 1907, to reach the Tiger Camp mining area in 1908, with a extension to the Bawdwin mines and〔(The Burma Mines Railway, February 2006 )〕 included a Z-reverse at Wallah Gorge, just before Tiger Camp, which was later replaced by a spiral. The railway's headquarters and workshops were built in Namtu. In 1914 the connection with the metre gauge Burma Railways was moved from Manpwe to Namyao, a short distance to the east. After the First World War, the local Burma Corporation Ltd took over operations and built an electrified underground railway at Tiger Camp and 100 hopper cars were ordered from the American Pressed Steel Car Company. In the 1930s the line experienced its peak traffic.〔(The Burma Mines Railway 1999 )〕 Steam was largely replaced in the 1970s and 1980s but today two steam locos remain in working order.〔(The Burma Mines Railway in Namtu )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burma Mines Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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