2017年9月29日 · His name was Col, Barog, who had vast experience in mountain railway engineering works, including tunneling and bridge constructions over the valleys. He was in charge of tunnel no. 33, the longest one - 1143.61 meter to be made in a hill in the Shiwalik range made of well compacted sandstone rocks at an elevation of 4500 feet from MSL.

2021年10月25日 · It’s said that Col Barog – nobody seems to know his first name – was in charge of building tunnel 33. Because it is a very long tunnel – 3,752 feet long – he started digging it from both ends, but his alignment was wrong and the two parts didn’t meet. Barog, the story says, was censured and fined a rupee.

2021年10月24日 · Barog in Himachal Pradesh is famous for the longest tunnel on the Kalka-Shimla railway, but of late YouTubers and trekkers have been descending on it to see an abandoned tunnel and the grave of the British engineer …

Barog is a hill station, near City of Solan in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway. Set in the mountains Barog is just 60 km (37 mi) from Chandigarh on the Kalka-Shimla highway.

2017年5月15日 · Colonol Barog was assigned the task before the chief engineer of Kalka Shimla project, HS Herrington, to construct the Barog tunnel. To make the process fast, he ordered to dug from both sides, which is a common practice even now.

2014年1月21日 · It is named after Colonel Barog, an engineer involved in building the railway track in 1903. Barog, the engineer, was responsible for designing a tunnel near the railway station. He commenced digging the tunnel from both sides of the mountain, which is quite common as it speeds up construction.

2021年10月19日 · The Indian Barog is known for the longest railway tunnel on the Kalka-Shimla route, but in recent years it has become famous for a ghost – the ghost of a British officer named Col Barog.

2022年3月10日 · Among those is the tale of Tunnel No. 33, near Barog Railway Station. The story goes that in 1898, Railway engineer Colonel Barog was appointed with the task of constructing a tunnel in the region in a stipulated time. After several calculations and perhaps a few miscalculations, labourers started working on the plan.

2024年3月22日 · Barog derives its name from the British engineer, Col Barog, who was entrusted with the task of building one of the tunnels on Kalka Shimla Railway in early 1900. Unfortunately, he could not complete the task and was penalised by the British because of which he committed suicide in front of the unfinished tunnel.

2019年10月28日 · There is a tunnel in Shimla, called tunnel number 33, from where the train passes and with a length of 1143.61 m, it is the longest tunnel in the Kalka - Shimla Railway. It is also known as "The Barog Tunnel", which was named after a …