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<br> [[SIR Railway Workshops|'''See alsoSIR '' [[SIR Railway Workshops' ''']]
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[[File: South Indian Railway 1909.png|thumb| South Indian Railway 1909]]
[[File: South Indian Railway 1931.png|thumb| South Indian Railway 1931]]
[[File:South India Railway System 1937 Map.png|thumb| South Indian Railway System 1937]]
'''South Indian Railway'''
On 1 April 1944, the [[Government of India |GoI]] took over direct control of the SIR.
In 1951, the SIR became a constituent part of '''[[Southern Railway]]''', a zone of [[Indian Railways]]. == FIBIS Resources ==*The South Indian Railway, as seen from Space. with 100-year-old photos from the British Raj - Lecture by Mike Muirhead (October 2016) available in lecture section of FIBIS Member's area.
==SIR Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Workshops==
*1860, [[Negapatam]] workshops established by the [[Great Southern of India Railway]] and taken over by SIR in 1872.
*1928, [[SIR Central Workshops, Golden Rock, Trichinopoly]] capable of handling both BG and MG stock <ref> Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951", pages 105 </ref>.
==SIR Schools==
**[[Indian Tramway Co.]], opened 1865. Formerly [[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]] which failed in 1870 and taken over by [[Carnatic Railway]].
'''Second Amalgamation 1908'''
*[[Madras Railway]](MR) was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) network that was constructed, owned and worked by MR up to 31 Dec 1907. On 1 Jan 1908 the 'Southern Section' was transferred to SIR. This Section from [[Jalarpet]] had opened 1860-61; extended to [[Calicut]], 1888 and finally to [[Mangalore]], 1907. Line length 417 miles(671km). Upon amalgamation this became the SIR '[[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]]'.
**[[Mettupalaiyam Branch Line]]. Constructed, owned and worked by MR up to 31 Dec 1907, then transferred to SIR. Podanor Junction to Coimbatore and Mettupalaiyam. Opened 1873, 26 miles(41km) )
**[[Palghat Branch Line]]. Palakkad Junction(Olavakode) to [[Palghat]]. Constructed, owned and worked by MR up to 31 Dec 1907, then transferred to SIR. Opened 1888, 2.5 miles(4km)
*At this time the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines north of [[Katpadi]] were relinquished and became part of the newly formed '[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'. The SIR only retained the [[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section]] Following these *These amalgamations the SIR network was classified as the 'Metre Gauge' and the 'Broad Gauge' Divisions
== Records ==
The above is indexed in:
*'''Z/L/AG/46''' "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways, 1849-1925"
[[South Indian Railway Personnel|''''See also South Indian Railway Personnel'''' gives for details of notable SIR staff from many different sources.]]
*These have been listed by SIR Department and in Chronological order.
*The entries link to the [[:Category:Railway People|Notable Railway People]] pages.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_irg2AAAAMAAJ/page/n3 ''Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway, including the Mayavaram-Mutupet, and Peralam-Karaikkal railway''] 1900 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.433/page/n3/mode/2up ''Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway including the Tanjore District Board, Pondicherry, Travancore State, Peralam-Karaikkal and the Cochin State Railways''] 1913 Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/illustratedguide00unse/page/n7 ''Illustrated Guide To The South Indian Railway including the Tanjore District Board, Pondicherry, Peralam-Karaikkal, Travancore State, Cochin State, Coimbatore District Board, Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur and the Nilgiri Railways''] by South Indian Railway Co. Ltd. Reprint of 1926 edition. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
