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*[http://www.railwaysofraj.blogspot.com Railways of the Raj] A lively site featuring titbits from railway life in British India.
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==FIBIS resources==
*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_classes&source_class=323 An Index and Description of Employment Contracts issued to experienced UK Railwaymen who were selected to work for various Indian Railways]Fibis database
*"The Indian Railways and a Dynasty of Pearces" by Michael Feilden Pearce, [[FIBIS Journals|''FIBIS Journal]] Number 25 (Spring 2011)'' pages 13-21. "Part 2. The Viceregal Carriages" ''FIBIS Journal Number 27 (Spring 2012)'', pages 30-36
*[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 "About Indian Railways "] indianrailways.gov.in
*[http://www.irfca.org/index.html ''The Indian Railways Fan Club''] Train spotters site about Indian Railways.
**[https://www.irfca.org/articles/anglo-indian.html "Anglo-Indians' Contributions to Indian Railways"] by V Anand, GM Southern Railway, 2003
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204155938/http://www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/industrial/display.php?file=Military.txt&title=Military%20Trains Indian/South-Asian Industrial Locos: Military Trains] by Simon Darvill
*[http://pakistanrail.com/ ''PakistanRail''] Train spotters site about Pakistan Railways.
*[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r144.html "Modern transport in India"] ''Mike's Railway History''.
*[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC8754A97881FF003 FIBIS List of Railway videos on YouTube]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170629085919/http://www.essaysinhistory.com/articles/2011/5 ""Fire-Carriages" of the Raj: The Indian Railway and its Rapid Development in British India"] by Amit K. Sharma 2010 ''Essays In History. Annual Journal of the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia'', archived.
*[http://www.trains-worldexpresses.com/400/410.htm Imperial Indian Mail <nowiki>[</nowiki>and other trains<nowiki>]</nowiki>] trains-worldexpresses.com
*[http://www.indiaofthepast.org/contributeken-memories/read-contributionsstaynor/life-back-then/341-railway-travel-in-the-raj "Railway Travel in the Raj"] by Kenneth Hugh Staynor. indiaofthepast.org. The author travelled by trains in India from the 1930s to 1951.
====Historical photographs online====
*[http://umedia.lib.umn.edu/dasearch/Railroads--India?mode=basic Photographs classified Railways India] University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=StwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Railways in India, by an engineer''] 1847 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rWrXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Indian railways and their probable results''] by Sir William Patrick Andrew 1848 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/investmentinempi0000thor/page/n5 ''Investment in Empire; British railway and steam shipping enterprise in India, 1825-1849''] by Daniel Thorner 1950. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LNApAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Madras: Report of the Railway Department 1853''] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZD8KAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Colonization, defence, and railways in our Indian empire''] by Hyde Clarke 1857 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lawindianrailwa00macpgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''Law of Indian Railways and Common Carriers''] by Walter Gordon Macpherson 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/IndianRailways ''Indian Railways''] by Sir William P.Andrew, C.I.E. 1884 4th Edition Archive.org
*''Administration Report On The Railways In India''. [httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.newernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle/2015/36207 pub. 1898], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36207 Archive.org version]. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/515323 Part. 2 (1899-1900) pub.1900], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515323 Archive.org version]. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/36147 pub. 1901], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36147 Archive.org version]. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/95265 1901, pub. 1902], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.95265 Archive.org version]. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/57423 pub.1906], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57423 Archive.org version]. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/94040 pub.1907], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.94040 Archive.org version]. Pdf downloads, mirrors from Digital Library of India and mirror edition Archive.org:Also see the Fibiwiki page [[Annual Administration Reports for Railways]] for additional years.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bradshawsrailwa00unkngoog#page/n411/mode/2up "India, Egypt and the Colonies"] ''Bradshaw's Railway Manual, Shareholder's Guide, and Official Directory 1905'' Archive.org
* ''Summary Of The Administration Of The Earl Of Minto Viceroy And Governor Of India In The Railway Department Nov 1905- July 1910'' 1910 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207818 Archive.org version].
*[https://archive.org/details/IndianRailways_201308 '' Indian Railways: Their Historical, Financial and Administrative Aspects''] by Chandrika Prasada Tiwari 1921 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianrailwaysra033015mbp#page/n5/mode/2up ''Indian Railways Rates and Regulation''] by N.B. Mehta 1927 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/page/n1/mode/2up ''Government of India Railway Department (Railway Board): History of Indian Railways Constructed and in Progress. Corrected up to 31 March 1937''] 1938 Archive.org:''Railway Department History of Indian Railways'' 1951. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57645 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Title as catalogued, appears to be a similar report to that immediately above. Poor quality digital file.*''Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Year Book 1939-1940'' has a section on India, commencing digital page 67, including names of the senior officials of the various railways. This book is available to read online [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.225200 Archive.org version].*''Railway Department History of Indian Railwaysin Modern India'' 1951. Pdf download, Digital Library of Indiaby Ian Kerr 1957. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57645 136294 Archive.org version].* ''Railways In Modern India''by Lan (Ian?) Kerr 1957. Pdf download, mirror from Digital Library of India. *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernethistoryofindianr00gskh/page/n5/mode/2up ''A History of Indian Railways''] by G.dliS.2015Khosla 1988.136294 Archive.org version]. Published by Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Government of India.
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