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Everard Calthrop

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Foch (1918)

 

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Everard Calthrop Parachutist - Drop From Tower Bridge Part 1 (1918)

 

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Everard Calthrop Parachutist - Drop From Tower Bridge Part 2 (1918)

 

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E R Calthrop shifts three coaches on Hulme End

 

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The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Everard Richard Calthrop was a British railway engineer and inventor. Calthrop was a notable promoter and builder of narrow-gauge railways, especially of 2 ft 6 in narrow gauge, and was especially prominent in India. His most notable achievement was the Barsi Light Railway; however he is best known in his home country for the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway. Calthrop has been described as a "railway genius". Later in life he took an interest in aviation, patenting some early designs for parachutes.
    • Personal 

    • Move to Liverpool 

    • Development of narrow-gauge concepts and the Barsi Light Railway 

    • Barbados Railway 

    • Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 

    • Victorian Railways narrow-gauge lines 

    • Fayoum Light Railway 

    • Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway 

    • Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway 

    • Matheran Light Railway 

    • Arakan Light Railway 

    • Patents for parachutes 

    • Private life 

    • Other narrow-gauge pioneers