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==Railway Achievements in India==
*1856 Mar, received three proposals for employment in India:-** To take charge of constuction of Railways in the Island of Ceylon** To superinend the erection of 2 large Iron Bridges for the [[East India Railway|'East India Railway Company']]'** As Chief Engineer of the Scinde Railway between Karachi and Kotri on the Indus - this was the employment he chose and included the employment of his son [[William Arthur Brunton]], age 17, as Assistant Engineer <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=gl0QCAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=John+Brunton&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjL0bKR5b7ZAhVO6qQKHbCFDYUQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=John%20Brunton&f=false Google Books “Memories of John Brunton, engineer, from a manuscript in his own hand written for his grandchildren” by John Brunton. Publisher, The University press, 1939.Page 82 ]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref>*1857, Appointed Chief Resident Engineer of [[Scinde Railway]] (Sind Railway) <ref name=Hughes>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C-pzUWrCU5sC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=description+of+the+line+and+works+of+the+Scinde+Railway&source=bl&ots=DTW2uSH2hD&sig=_JCaeiJ6FfK1irALjNQRIr_RF-8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiypcPWoKfNAhUFIMAKHbSaBOYQ6AEIJDAC#v=onepage&q=description%20of%20the%20line%20and%20works%20of%20the%20Scinde%20Railway&f=false Google Books "The Archaeology of an Early Railway System: The Brecon Forest Tramroads" by Stephen Hughes, page 126]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2016</ref>*1858-62, '"Supervised the construction of the 108 miles(174km) of the '[[Scinde Railway]] ' between [[Karachi-Kotri (Indus River) Railway|Karachi and Kotri]] until its completion in 1862. His detailed "Description of the line and works of the Scinde Railway" <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1863.23344?src=recsys Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 22, January 1863, pages 451-"Description of the line and works of the Scinde Railway" by John Brunton]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2016</ref> itemise the problems of building in the tropics.'*1858,'[[Indus Flotilla]]', sister operation to '[[Scinde Railway]]', Engineer-in Charge to run on the Indus between [[Kotri]] and [[Multan]], which by the River was 700 miles(1100km)<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=gl0QCAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=John+Brunton&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjL0bKR5b7ZAhVO6qQKHbCFDYUQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=John%20Brunton&f=false Google Books “Memories of John Brunton, engineer, from a manuscript in his own hand written for his grandchildren” by John Brunton. Publisher, The University press, 1939.Page 108]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref>
*He also surveyed the line of the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] and then returned to Britain.
*From 1870 Consulting Engineer to Karachi, being the Engineer to the [[Karachi Tramway]] which operated on the roads of that city 'with Chief Engineer John Brunton, whose name was long known in Karachi in connection with the Karachi-Kotri section of the [[Scinde Railway]] line which had been constructed under his supervision' <ref name=muhal>[http://defence.pk/threads/the-karachi-tramway-of-yesteryear.428552/ Pakistan Tourism “The Karachi Tramway” by Owais Muhal, 28 Apr 2016]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2016</ref>
