Carnatic Railway

Carnatic Railway
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Line of route
Gauge / mileage
Timeline
1870	Formed with state assistance
1872	Merged to form South Indian Railway
Key locations
Presidency	Madras
Stations
System agency
How to interpret this infobox

The Carnatic Railway (CAR) was formed in 1870 to acquire the lines of the Indian Tramway Co.a company which was in liquidation. The CAR was able to secure a 5% guarantee from the Government of India(GoI).

History

employment, mostly on railway work. After being District Engineer on the Great Southern of India for a year and a half, he became Chief Engineer, a position he continued to hold until August 1868, when he retired.

In 1868 August, Frederick Lewis Dibblee was engaged as Chief Engineer of the Carnatic Railway, he had previously been Chief Engineer of the Great Southern of India Railway also in the Madras Presidency.

In 1872, the Carnatic Railway merged with the Great Southern of India Railway. In 1874, the merged companies were renamed the South Indian Railway(SIR).

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library

Unfortunately, there are no CAR staff records held in the India Office Records at the British Library.

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway gives 7 references. The most important being:-

• L/F/8/11/874 “Carnatic Railway Company, Duplicate contract Secretary of State; 1870”
• L/PWD/5/3 “Public Works 'Old Series' (Collections), Coll 15, Amalgamation of Great Southern and Carnatic Railway Cos, 1869-1874”

References

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