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172 THE RAILWAY INDUSTHY .. At'/D COMMERCE 9F INDIA
3. Belgium
4. Italy
5. ,Spain
6~· 'Czechoslovakia
7. Australia
.,. ...
_ 9,352
9,310
8,910
8,674
7,701'
In regard to passenger 1 carriages Indian railways find
themselves in the same sixtlq>lace in the world-econOin'
as
.
in regard to ·locomotives'::
be observed that the relative·positionaf· these five .railway:'powers
~is identical-in the engine and passenger
carriages series except that at the top the U.S;A. and
Gerniany change ,places.
The next important item ill the fixed capital of rail.
way industry, ex:cluding the rails, sleepers,stationequip,.
ment and telegraphic installations, is embodied' in the
goods carriages. And on this score also India's position
is very 'high. For 1925-26 the more importanLcountries
are being . . grouped in the following twp classes:'
' .
I
CQlP,llries with more than 200,000 'Goods Carriages
~. • • , . • .••. J ••. _. ~.
'I~ ·U.S.A.
2. Great Britaltl
3. Germany
4. France;
5 .. ~ '~ussia_jn Europe ano
; -,Asia ..,
6. India
7. Canada
.:..~ 1 •
2;415,000
720,000
692,000
547,526
!.. -.... - •
. 14?,509
233,889
... ' " ~~221,25-3