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'Duyinzeik-Thaton Tramway' info and link added
The IFC’s services became indispensable to the oil fields up river at Yenangyaung and Chauk for carrying supplies and heavy equipment. Partly because the railway to [[Mandalay]] followed the path of the Sittaung River rather than the Irrawaddy River, the company stayed relevant and useful well into the twentieth century, even after independence from Britain in 1948 <ref name=Wiki/>.
==Duyinzeik-Thaton Tramway==
In December 1900 the [[Duyinzeik-Thaton (Burma) Tramway|'Duyinzeik-Thaton Tramway']] "passed into the hands of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company" is stated in the 1908 [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]:-
<blockquote>"From December 1900 the tramway passed into the hands of the 'Irrawaddy Flotilla Company'. The receipts amounted in 1903 to Rs.32,000. In all 34,362 persons travelled by tramway in that year" <ref name=Gaz9-185>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_191.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 9, p. 185-186; 1908]; Retrieved 16 Oct 2017</ref>.</blockquote>
''The background to the aquisition of this tramway, or for how long this arranement existed, has not been determined. See [[Duyinzeik-Thaton (Burma) Tramway|'Duyinzeik-Thaton Tramway']] for more information''
== Irrawaddy Flotilla Company Railways==
The records show that the ‘Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’ (IFC) operated number of 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) locomotives. The IFC had dockyards at Dalia, [[Mandalay]] and Moulemin with foundries at [[Rangoon]] and Pazundaug. The IFC also carried our river training works.
