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'''Kathiawar State Railway''' | |||
There are records that the give this as the title used from 1879-91 to describe the railway from [[Wadhwan]] on the south side of the Bhogawo River (facing [[Surendranager]] ) to the docks at [[Bhavnagar]], this was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line that opened in December 1880<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)" 'Year 1880']; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref>, also known as the '''Surendranagar-Bhavnagar Railway'''<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surendranagar-Bhavnagar_line Wikipedia Surendranagar-Bhavnagar line"]; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref> | |||
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | |||
This became the start of the [[Bhavnagar State Railway]] | |||
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavnagar_State_Railway Wikipedia "Bhavnagar State Railway"]; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref> | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
The Records show the following deployed to the 'Kathiawar State Railway' | |||
*[[Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne ]] deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]], 1879-83, to the Kathiawar State Railway as Assistant Engineer, later promoted to Executive Engineer. | *[[Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne ]] deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]], 1879-83, to the Kathiawar State Railway as Assistant Engineer, later promoted to Executive Engineer. | ||
*[[John Edwin Dallas]], Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief from 1881. | *[[John Edwin Dallas]], Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief Kathiawar State Railway, from 1881. | ||
*[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer 1887-91. | *[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer, Kathiawar State Railway, 1887-91. | ||
== References == | ==Further Information== | ||
See '''[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]''' | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | |||
[[Category:Indian States Railways]] | [[Category:Indian States Railways]] | ||
Revision as of 05:59, 19 June 2017
Kathiawar State Railway
There are records that the give this as the title used from 1879-91 to describe the railway from Wadhwan on the south side of the Bhogawo River (facing Surendranager ) to the docks at Bhavnagar, this was a metre gauge(MG) line that opened in December 1880[1], also known as the Surendranagar-Bhavnagar Railway[2]
This became the start of the Bhavnagar State Railway [3]
Personnel
The Records show the following deployed to the 'Kathiawar State Railway'
- Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne deployed from the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department, 1879-83, to the Kathiawar State Railway as Assistant Engineer, later promoted to Executive Engineer.
- John Edwin Dallas, Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief Kathiawar State Railway, from 1881.
- Ernest Ifill Shadbolt, also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer, Kathiawar State Railway, 1887-91.
Further Information
References
- ↑ IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)" 'Year 1880'; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017
- ↑ Wikipedia Surendranagar-Bhavnagar line"; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017
- ↑ Wikipedia "Bhavnagar State Railway"; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017