PL-691 --- The Rupsa-Baripada-Bangriposi Narrow Gauge line was started by the erstwhile ruler of Mayurbhanj in the year 1905 and the first stretch of 52 km from Rupsa to Baripada, was inaugurated by then Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, Sir Andrew Fraser on 20th January, 1905. Rupsa was the junction with the Bengal Nagpur Railway’s broad gauge line. On 2nd December 1918, an agreement was signed between the Mayurbhanj State and Mayurbhanj Railway Company, for extending the line to Talband, 61.5 km away. This section was opened on 15th July, 1920.

This 1904 built locomotive # 691 is currently plinthed outside the headquarters of Southern Railway in Chennai. Photographed by Somsubhra Das. D.O.P. - 24th June 2022.