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'''Great Indian Peninsula Railway Personnel''' - a sub-section of [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) page.

==Construction Engineering Personnel==
Covering the initial stages of construction up to 1870, these are listed in the 'Personnel' section for each project:- 
*[[Thal Ghat Railway Construction]], 1851-1865
*[[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction]], 1856-1863
*[[GIPR Nagpur Branch]] Construction, 1864-1867

==GIPR Notable Personnel in chronological order==
''This list is not complete - pending further research''
The following specific records refer to GIPR personnel with information from a number of sources:-
*[[James John Berkeley]] was appointed Chief Engineer of GIPR in 1849 and under his leadership extended the GIPR network as far as Jalgon in the northeast and Sholapur to the south east , a total of 514 miles with only small stretches of Thal Ghat and Bhore Ghat to be completed <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_John_Berkley Grace's Guide "James John Berkeley"] Retrieved on 5 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Robert Maitland Brereton]], 1857, GIPR Assistant  Engineer to [[Robert W Graham]]; later GIPR Chief Engineer
*[[Everard Richard Calthrop]] Joined GIPR in 1862 as a Locomotive Inspector;  1886, proposals and surveys, on behalf of GIPR,  of  what became [[Nasik Tramways]] and [[Barsi Light Railway]], these were not pursued by GIPR. In 1887 Calthrop registered in London of the ‘Indian Railways Feeder Lines Company’ to promote the construction of [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] lines in India and in 1889 resigned from GIPR and, acting as consulant, supervised the construction of the NG horse-powered [[Nasik Tramways]], using his previous survey.
*[[David Francis Hogarth]], 1865-68, Assistant Engineer with GIPR <ref name=ice>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1903.18185 Institution of Civil Engineers] Retrieved on 5 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Robert Lowthian Trevithick]], 1891-1901, GIPR Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent <ref>[http://www.steamindex.com/people/trevith.htm#frederick Steam Index "Biography Robert Lowthian Trevithick"]; Retrieved 26 Jul 2016</ref>. In 1892, represented GIPR at the [[Indian Railway Conference Association]], Lahore. 'Locomotive Superintendents Conference' <ref>[http://www.steamindex.com/locomag/lcwr31.htm#133p The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review "Indian locomotive superintendents of the nineties", Volume 31, Number 393, 15 May 1925, page 133+ plate]; Retrieved 26 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[H Condor]] GIPR General Traffic Manager 1879 and 1880 [[Indian_Railway_Conference_Association#Railway_Conference| ‘Railway Conference’ delegate]] 
*[[G A Barnett]] GIPR Agent 1880 [[Indian_Railway_Conference_Association#Railway_Conference| ‘Railway Conference’ delegate]]

==GIPR Consulting Engineers - based in London==
*Robert Stephenson , Consulting Engineer GIPR, based in England, 1849- until his death 1859 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Stephenson Grace's Guide "Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)"]; Retrieved on 4 Jul 2016</ref>.
*Arthur Anderson West, Consultant Engineer 1847 - 1867, (surveyor of the Bhore Gate Incline) <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1913.17526  Institution of Civil Engineers Obituary "Arthur Anderson West 1827-1913"]; Retrieved on 4 Jul 2016</ref>
*[[George Barclay Bruce]] from 1894 was the Consulting Engineer to the GIPR and the [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR), based in London, in partnership with [[Robert White]] <ref >[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/George_Barclay_Bruce Grace's Guide "George Barclay Bruce"]; Retrieved on 5 Jul 2016</ref>. The IMR was amagamated into GIPR in 1901 and the partnership continued to act for the GIPR.


==GIPR Board - London Based in chronological order==
''This list is not complete - pending further research'' 
*1910 [[John Edwin Dallas]] became Managing Director of the GIPR Company in London. Prior to his retirement from the Indian [[Public Works Department]] his final position was Senior Government Inspector of Railways <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.163 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers"] Retrieved on 5 Jul 2016</ref>.

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