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== Records == | == Records == | ||
*There are no staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]]. | |||
There are | *There are at least two records at [[The National Archives|the National Archives]] | ||
**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C8946012 RAIL 1156/20/36] Victor Hope Boalth: Chief Commercial Manager, North Western Railway of India. Birth: 12 September 1872, Sumbolpore, India. Railway service: 1895-1927. | |||
**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C8947016 RAIL 1156/26/40] Frank Montagu George Wheeler: Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, North Western Railway, India. Birth: 22 July 1907, London. Railway service: 1931-1949 | |||
==Also see== | |||
*[[North-Western Railway Battalion]]. Includes mention of armoured trains | |||
== Institutions == | == Institutions == | ||
*[[Schools#F|North Western Railway School]], Fairlawn, [[Mussoorie]]. | *[[Schools#F|North Western Railway School]], Fairlawn, [[Mussoorie]]. | ||
*[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/54984118 Picture of the teachers and students of St. Andrew School, Pakistan Railways (then NWR) at Lahore, set up in the late 19th century] panoramio.com | *[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/54984118 Picture of the teachers and students of St. Andrew School, Pakistan Railways (then NWR) at Lahore, set up in the late 19th century] panoramio.com | ||
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*[http://www.nr.indianrail.gov.in/scripts/static/history.aspx "History of Northern Railway"], ''Northern Railway''. | *[http://www.nr.indianrail.gov.in/scripts/static/history.aspx "History of Northern Railway"], ''Northern Railway''. | ||
*[http://pakistaniat.com/2010/03/01/journeys-to-remember-quetta-lahore-by-rail-in-1925/ Quetta to Lahore by Rail 1925]''All Things Pakistan'' | *[http://pakistaniat.com/2010/03/01/journeys-to-remember-quetta-lahore-by-rail-in-1925/ Quetta to Lahore by Rail 1925] ''All Things Pakistan'' | ||
*[http://www.panoramio.com/user/4789607/tags/British%20Steam%20Locomotives Images of British Steam Locomotives used by North Western Railways] Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of [http://www.panoramio.com/user/4789607?comment_page=1&photo_page=1 this] collection) | *[http://www.panoramio.com/user/4789607/tags/British%20Steam%20Locomotives Images of British Steam Locomotives used by North Western Railways] Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of [http://www.panoramio.com/user/4789607?comment_page=1&photo_page=1 this] collection) | ||
*[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/55027511 An old photograph of a Railway Inspection trolley with removeable sailboard used on NWR Hyderabad-Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan]. Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of [http://www.panoramio.com/user/4789607?comment_page=1&photo_page=1 this] collection) | *[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/55027511 An old photograph of a Railway Inspection trolley with removeable sailboard used on NWR Hyderabad-Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan]. Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of [http://www.panoramio.com/user/4789607?comment_page=1&photo_page=1 this] collection) | ||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5044010710/in/set-72157625077918924 Photograph of Troops travelling by train] taken by Private J W Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938. flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5044010710/in/set-72157625077918924 Photograph of Troops travelling by train] taken by Private J W Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938. flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum | ||
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Revision as of 08:36, 1 November 2012
| North Western Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Line of route | ||
| Karachi to Quetta Karachi to Lahore Lahore to Delhi Lahore to Peshawar | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Broad gauge | 3186 miles (1905) 6861 miles (1947) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1886 | Formed by merger of several railways, viz: Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway Indus Valley State Railway Punjab Northern State Railway | |
| 1930 | Southern Punjab Railway merged into NWR | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | ||
| System agency | ||
| 1886 | State agency | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
| North Western Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
 North Western Railway device | ||
| System timeline | ||
| 1886 | State owned and State worked | |
| Constituent companies / lines | ||
| 1886 | North Western Railway | |
| Dandot Light Railway | ||
| Jammu and Kashmir Railway | ||
| Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway | ||
| Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway | ||
| Nowshera-Durgai Railway | ||
| Rajpura-Bhatinda Railway | ||
| Southern Punjab Railway | ||
| Kalka-Simla Railway | ||
| Key locations | ||
| Headquarters | Lahore | |
| Workshops | Moghalpura | |
| Major Stations | Amritsar, Ferozepore, Hyderabad, Meerut, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Saharanpur, Sibi | |
| Successor system / organisation | ||
| 1947 | [West] Pakistan Railways | |
| 1947 | Eastern Punjab Railway (Indian Railways) | |
| 1952 | Northern Railway (IR zone) | |
| System mileage | ||
| Broad gauge | 3890 miles (1905) | |
| Narrow (2' 6") gauge | 132 miles (1905) | |
| Narrow (2' 0") gauge | 6 miles (1905) | |
| Associated auxiliary force | ||
| North-Western Railway Battalion | ||
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The North-Western State Railway (NWR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway, the Indus Valley State Railway, the Punjab Northern State Railway, the eastern section of the Sind-Sagar Railway and the southern section of the Sind-Pishin State Railway.
History
Later renamed the North Western Railway, by 1905 it was the longest railway under one administration and the strategic railway of the north-west frontier. In 1947, one part became the nucleus of Pakistan's railways, with 4976 of the old system's 6861 miles lying within the new state; the part lying in India was reorganised and renamed as Eastern Punjab Railway.
Records
- There are no staff agreements held at the British Library in the India Office Records.
- There are at least two records at the National Archives
- RAIL 1156/20/36 Victor Hope Boalth: Chief Commercial Manager, North Western Railway of India. Birth: 12 September 1872, Sumbolpore, India. Railway service: 1895-1927.
- RAIL 1156/26/40 Frank Montagu George Wheeler: Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, North Western Railway, India. Birth: 22 July 1907, London. Railway service: 1931-1949
Also see
- North-Western Railway Battalion. Includes mention of armoured trains
Institutions
- North Western Railway School, Fairlawn, Mussoorie.
- Picture of the teachers and students of St. Andrew School, Pakistan Railways (then NWR) at Lahore, set up in the late 19th century panoramio.com
Recommended reading
- Berridge, Percy Stuart Attwood. Couplings to the Khyber: the story of the North Western Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969.
Good coverage of the largest Indian railway system, especially from a civil engineering perspective. Lacks a bibliography and poorly annotated. [Slides of the photographs used form a collection deposited at the Cambridge South Asian Archive together with copies of the North Western Railway Magazine, the monthly staff magazine edited by the author.]
- North Western Railway Magazine.
Monthly staff magazine. Some editorial content published in Urdu . No BL holdings. 2 copies (November 1942, December 1945) are held in the Berridge Papers, Cambridge South Asian Archive.
External Links
- Terry Case, North Western Railway.
- "History of Northern Railway", Northern Railway.
- Quetta to Lahore by Rail 1925 All Things Pakistan
- Images of British Steam Locomotives used by North Western Railways Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of this collection)
- An old photograph of a Railway Inspection trolley with removeable sailboard used on NWR Hyderabad-Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan. Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of this collection)
- Photograph of Troops travelling by train taken by Private J W Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938. flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum