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===[[Rail_gauge#Narrow _Gauge|Narrow Gauge 2 feet 6 Inches (NG)]]===
[[Herbert Septimus Harington]], Chief Engineer Railway Branch India was deployed in about 1906 to “report on light railways in Ceylon” <ref name=Grace>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Herbert_Septimus_Harington ‘Grace’s Guide/Inst of Mechanical Engineers Obituary 1914’ “'Herbert Septimus Harington” ] Retrieved on 21 Nov 2018</ref>.
* ‘Udapussellawa Line’: from Nanuoya (128 miles from Columbo) to Ragala, 19 miles(31km), serving the saniarium of Ceylon at Nuwara Eliya, 6200 feet above sea level, opened 1903-04.<ref> ‘Henry Cave page 23, pdf37 and pages 155-168, pdf170-183</ref>
* ‘Kalani Valley Line’ , eastward fom Columbo, serving the tea planting district, 48 miles(77km), opened 1919. <ref>‘Henry Cave’ page 26, pdf37 and pages 215-230, pdf230-245</ref>
==Personnel==
No personnel records have been identified. '''Miscellaneous Records'''*[[Guilford Lindsey Molesworth]], in 1859 appointed as engineer and locomotive superintendent to the 'Ceylon Railway Company', then under construction. When the line was taken over in 1862 by the Government, he was appointed Chief Engineer. From 1866 became Director General of Railways and Director of Public Works to the Government of Ceylon until 1871 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Guilford_Lindsey_Molesworth Grace's Guide "Guildford Lindsey Molesworth"]; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016</ref>.
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