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'''Public Works Department - Railway Branch'''


The Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]] (PWD) was created in 1866-68 with the decision to divide the PWD into three branches:- the Civil Branch, the Military Works Branch and the Railway Branch. 
The background to the restructuring is given on the page '''[[Public Works Department]]'''. The basic features were :-
*The Control of PWD was removed from under the Military Board and placed under the Chief Engineers.
*The PWD came under the control of respective provincial Government
*Chief Engineers to be assisted by the Superintending Engineer & Executive Engineer.
The ownership of the Railways, progressively from 1868 onwards, was acquired by the Government of India (GoI). The management and organisation of these acquired Railways was delegated to the Public Works Department - Railway Branch.
In 1901, on the recommendations of the Sir Thomas Robertson Committee regarding the administration and working of the railways, an early version of the [[Railway Board]] was constituted, with three members serving on it at first.
In 1905 the [[Railway Board]] was created taking over from the PWD Railway Branch. Its powers were formalised by the Goverment of India (GoI) and of consisted a Government Railway official, who was the Chairman of the Board, a Railway Manager from England and an Agent of a Company Railway <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Board Wikipedia "Railway Board”]; Retrieved on 22 Jun2016</ref>.
==Personnel Records - Railway Branch==
Personnel recruited to the Public Works Department (PWD) became Civil Servents (eligible for pension etc). ''NB in this context, note that a record contains "PWD" in the note or description, then this does not refer to "Permanent Way Department" (as it would in a UK railway context) but to the Public Works Department!''
As railways were acquired by the GoI from 1868 onwards they were classified as a [[:Category:State Railways|State Railway]]State Railway the Europeans employed were usually on the strength of the PWD - Railway Branch.
'''Civil Lists''' of the Government of India and of the provincial governments. The civil lists were issued at varying intervals, but the predominant pattern is a system of quarterly issues.
The Civil List gives for each the nam, rank and
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**1890 Civil List - Railways Branch is listed on [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1076&s_id=326 "Fibis Database"]
*From 1905 the senior personnel are recorded as being [[Railway Board]] Establishment.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Railway Administration]]

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