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==Railways Index, 1845-1947==
[[image:India railways1909a.jpg|thumb|General map of railways in India as of 1909]]
See also Fibis pages:-
The early railway companies were UK companies operating in India. Later the British Government of India (GoI) owned the majority and either managed them directly or leased them back to private management. From circa 1925 most railways were both managed and owned by the GoI. The railways in India were subject to constant changes of ownership, amalgamations and adjustments over the years.
*[[Railways|for details of '''Indian Railways''']]
*[[Maps#Railway_Maps|for listing of '''Railway Maps''']]
*[[Category:Railway_images|for '''Railway images, photographs''' etc.]]
*[[Railway_images|for '''Railway images, photographs''' etc.]]


*[[:Category:Guaranteed Railways|Guaranteed Railways]] included those railway companies, formed by 1859, to which the East India Company, later the GoI, guaranteed a fixed return on capital.
At present (Spring/Summer 2021) we are working on further updates to this list by adding new information and references from many different sources. The aim is to make as much information as possible available on all aspects of the railways in India from the first beginnings in the 1840's through to partition in 1947.


*[[Un-guaranteed Railways]] were few in munber (only two were formed in the period 1850-1866 and both these were re-constituted by 1870).  
We have extended the number of Railways identified and now include Tramways, Monorails, Industrial lines, Rail/River ferries, Railway Constructions and Railway Equipment Manufacturers. The current number of pages is over 1,750 and this will be further extended. The results of an 'on-line' search of the  Indian Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library have been added to each appropriate Railway page and these have provided many new sources of information that are currently being reviewed. We are also uploading detailed information on the hundreds of Industrial Railways in India up to 1947.  


*[[State Railways]] were those where the GoI exercised its right to assume ownership (which it did gradually from 1860 until 1907) oethose that it occasionally built directly. From 1907, the word ''State'' was usually dropped from the name of railways owned by the GoI . By late 1944, all the State Railways had been nationalised.
We have also created a [[:Category:Railway People|Railway People]] section where that person made a significant contribution to the early development and  operation of the railways in India, we have cross referenced these to the appropriate Railway page.
FIBIS Fact File #4: Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947, is a comprehensive listing of over 330 names and this will, in due course, be revised. It does contain invaluable advice on tracing 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the Indian Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library. This Fact File is  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]


*[[Railways of the Indian Princely States]] were integrated into the newly formed [[Indian Railways]] after Independence in 1947.
If you have a specific query  regarding Railways (or can contribute with new information) please e-mail the Fibis Membership Secretary membership@fibis.org  asking your question to be forwarded to Michael Pearce PEA-2292 who is co-ordinating this project.


 
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== Records ==
 
It is important to bear in mind that railway staff records created in India before 1947 remain in India, as do the records of railways built, owned or operated by the Indian Princely States. The records that survive today in the collections held at the British Library do so because they were originally created in the UK.
 
 
== Recommended Reading ==
 
Hyde Clarke, [http://books.google.com/books?id=PGcBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=simla&as_brr=1&output=html ''Colonization, Defence, and Railways in our Indian Empire''] (London: John Weale, 1857).
 
J.N. Westwood, ''Railways of India'' (Newton Abbot: David & Charles Ltd, 1974) [out of print; a general history of the railways of India from pre 1840 to the 1970s.]
 
Ian J Kerr, ''Building the Railways of the Raj 1850-1900'' (Delhi; Oxford: OUP, 1995) [out of print; a detailed, academic examination with full bibliography.]
 
Ian J Kerr, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1F9QtYSSa0gC&printsec=frontcover ''Engines of Change : the Railroads that made India''] (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2007) [links to a Google Books preview limited to the first 35 pages].
 
 
== External Links ==
 
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India : New edition . . . in Council''] (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908-1931 [v. 1, 1909])
 
Indian Railways, [http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1.htm "Evolution of Indian Railways - Historical Background," ''Indian Railway Administration and Finance'']
 
[http://www.irfca.org/index.html The Indian Railways Fan Club]
 
[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r144.html Mike's Railway History] "Modern transport in India"

Latest revision as of 10:33, 1 April 2021

Railways Index, 1845-1947

See also Fibis pages:-

At present (Spring/Summer 2021) we are working on further updates to this list by adding new information and references from many different sources. The aim is to make as much information as possible available on all aspects of the railways in India from the first beginnings in the 1840's through to partition in 1947.

We have extended the number of Railways identified and now include Tramways, Monorails, Industrial lines, Rail/River ferries, Railway Constructions and Railway Equipment Manufacturers. The current number of pages is over 1,750 and this will be further extended. The results of an 'on-line' search of the Indian Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library have been added to each appropriate Railway page and these have provided many new sources of information that are currently being reviewed. We are also uploading detailed information on the hundreds of Industrial Railways in India up to 1947.

We have also created a Railway People section where that person made a significant contribution to the early development and operation of the railways in India, we have cross referenced these to the appropriate Railway page.

FIBIS Fact File #4: Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947, is a comprehensive listing of over 330 names and this will, in due course, be revised. It does contain invaluable advice on tracing 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the Indian Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library. This Fact File is available from the Fibis shop

If you have a specific query regarding Railways (or can contribute with new information) please e-mail the Fibis Membership Secretary membership@fibis.org asking your question to be forwarded to Michael Pearce PEA-2292 who is co-ordinating this project.

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