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Originally constructed to metre gauge, the '''Sind-Sagar Railway''' was later converted to broad gauge. In 1886 the eastern section of the was amlagamted with other railways to form the [[North-Western State Railway]].
The '''Sind-Sagar Railway''' was originally constructed as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) State Railway <ref name=admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n116/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 107, pdf page 116]; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016</ref>


==Personnel==
In 1886 the Sind-Sagar Railway was amalgamated with other railways to form the [[North-Western State Railway]](NWR) and railway line from [[Lala Musa]] to [[Malakwal]]  was converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) <ref name=admin/>.
[[James Ramsay]], Executive Engineer from the [[Public Works Department]] was Engineer-in-Chief of the Sind-Sagar Railway in the 1880's <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA595 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558)] Retrieved on 21 May 2016</ref>.  
 
The '''[[Chak-Nizam Bridge]]''', also known as the '''Victoria Bridge''' was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the [[Shahpur]] district about 100 miles north-west of [[Lahore]] and connected [[Jhelum]] to [[Lahore]].
 
The '''NWR Sind-Sagar Branch''' was the new name for the line and continued to be extetended with branch lines and designated as part of the the 'Frontier Section - Military Line' <ref name=admin/>. 
 
==Personnel in chronological order ==
No Staff Records are available at the [[British Library]] [[India Office Records]]
 
The following personnel have been identified from various sources as being posted to this railway:-
*[[James Ramsay]], Executive Engineer from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD) was Engineer-in-Chief of the Sind-Sagar Railwayin early 1880's <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA595 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558)] Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016</ref>. He was also Engineer-in-Chief of the [[Chak-Nizam Bridge]] that was completed in 1887 <ref name=sketch>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IcGwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=Sind-Sagar+Railway&source=bl&ots=YG60t7pX5D&sig=KmrjM8ls0tWpKlm1ls37RkbFfFE&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt2syilPLNAhWPSxoKHU8UCjQQ6AEIWzAJ#v=onepage&q=Sind-Sagar%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218]; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Frederick Robert Upcott]], was Engineer-in-Charge of the [[Chak-Nizam Bridge]] as part of the Sind-Sagar Railway that was completed in 1887 <ref name=sketch/>. Tthe account also adds  Mr Boydell, Executive Engineer and Mr J Spence, Sub-Engineer
*[[Francis Langford O'Callaghan]], 1884-85, posted from [[State Railways]] as Chief Engineer, Survey of the Sind-Sagar Railway <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.457 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "]; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016</ref>. 
*[[Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne]], c.1884, Executive Engineer posted from PWD for 'short stint' to Sind-Sagar Railway <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Trevredyn_Rashleigh_Wynne Grace's Guide "Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne"]; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016</ref>.  


== References ==
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The Sind-Sagar Railway was originally constructed as a metre gauge(MG) State Railway [1]

In 1886 the Sind-Sagar Railway was amalgamated with other railways to form the North-Western State Railway(NWR) and railway line from Lala Musa to Malakwal was converted to broad gauge(BG) [1].

The Chak-Nizam Bridge, also known as the Victoria Bridge was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the Shahpur district about 100 miles north-west of Lahore and connected Jhelum to Lahore.

The NWR Sind-Sagar Branch was the new name for the line and continued to be extetended with branch lines and designated as part of the the 'Frontier Section - Military Line' [1].

Personnel in chronological order

No Staff Records are available at the British Library India Office Records

The following personnel have been identified from various sources as being posted to this railway:-

References

Further Information

See North-Western State Railway