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*1888 [[Robert Webb Pearce]] was sent on furlough to England where he died; his deputy, and brother, [[Richard Pearce]] became Superintendent.
*Late 1890's. It was decided to move the workshops from Howrah owing to the great increase in rolling stock during the past few years, and the want of accomodation at Howrah for the extension of the shops. <ref name=IRGaz> "The Indian Railway Gazette" 1 Feb 1908, page 33 </ref>. [[Lillooah]], some 7km up the tracks was the site selected.
*1898 [[Richard Pearce]] was invalided home and died when on leave; [[Tomyns Reginald Browne]] became Superintedent who planned and equipped the new Carriage and Wagon Works at [[LilloahLillooah]], introducing electric drive.
*"In 1900 the work of removing the carriage and wagon building shops of the undertaking from Howrah to Lillooah was commenced. The move became necessary because of the cramped accommodation at Howrah, and because of the entry of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway into that terminus<ref name=Lillo>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone, Extract and text changed page 262, pdf page 317]; Retrieved 10 Jun 2016</ref>.
*"In 1900 the work of removing the carriage and wagon building shops of the undertaking from Howrah to [[Lillooah]] was commenced. While the move was being effected the work of the Department naturally fell into arrears and when this happened it tooks time to make up for lost way"<ref name=Lillo/>.
*By 1908 Lillooah workshops covered an area of 95 acres(38Ha) of which 15 acres(6Ha) are roofed. Upwards of 5000 men are employed on the construction, mainenance and repair of rolling stock of the line, these men are supervised by European and Easqt Indian formen, assistants and mechanics <ref name=IRGaz/>.
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[[Category:Railways]]
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