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| The '''Sind Railway''' was formed in 1856 to facilitate "the construction and working of a line in [[Sind]]. from Kurrachee [ [[Karachi]] ] to the river Indus at [[Kotree]] - total, about 120 miles. Capital - 1,000,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent." 1 John Brunton was the chief resident engineer hired to supervise it.
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| == Characteristics ==
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| The Sind Railway was built to [[broad gauge]] and was one of the original [[:Category:Guaranteed Railways|guaranteed railways]]. Early on, it merged with the [[Punjab Railway]] and the [[Indus Flotilla]] to form the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]].
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| ==Further Reading==
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| Brunton, John, ''The Diary of John Brunton, Engineer, East India Railway Company'', Karchi: [http://pakdata.com/citypress/cpp4.htm City Press], 1997. ISBN 99-8380-03-5. (Reprint version). Originally printed by Cambridge University Press, 1939. The [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vmo3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PT8 Introduction] to the book is available in Preview Google Books
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| ===Online===
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| ====Books====
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| *[http://books.google.com/books?id=H2cBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Scinde railway, and its relations to the Euphrates valley, and other routes to India''] by W P Andrews, Chairman of the Scinde Railway Company 1856 Google Books
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| *[http://books.google.com/books?id=ASFcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Report of proceedings of an extraordinary general meeting of the Scinde Railway Company, held on Friday the 24th July, 1857''] Google Books
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| *Brunton, John, ''Description of the Line and Works of the Scinde Railway''. 1863. Available in [http://books.google.com/books?id=1WsEAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 Full View Google Books] or [http://www.panhwar.com/rarebooks/Description%20of%20the%20Line%20and%20%20Works%20of%20the%20Scinde%20Railway.pdf pdf] from Panhwar.com
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| ====Articles====
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| *[http://web.archive.org/web/20130122163146/http://pakistaniat.com/2009/09/17/karachi-to-kotri-the-story-of-first-railways-in-pakistan/ ''Karachi to Kotri: The First Railways in Pakistan'']. 17/09/2009. All things Pakistan, now an archived website
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| * Mughal, Owais,'' Start of Pakistan Railways''. 17/09/2009. [http://sajshirazi.blogspot.com/2009/09/start-of-pakistan-railways.html Light within]
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| == Records ==
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| Refer to the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]].
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| == Notes ==
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| 1 "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
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