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The '''Great Southern of India Railway''' (GSIR) was formed in 1858 for "the construction and working of a railway from [[Negapatam]] to [[Trichinopoly]], with branches to [[Salem]] and [[Tuticorin]] - total, about 300 miles. Capital 500,000''l''. (for the works at present authorized to be proceeded with, - viz., the line from Negapatam to Trichinopoly). Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent." <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref>
[[William Smith Betts]] was the first Agent of the Great Southern of India Railway <ref name=MotSIR> Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951". With page numbers indicated #p.</ref>, #p.210 and 214<ref name=MotSI/>. The Chief Engineer [[Mark William Carr]] was appointed in 1858 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Mark_William_Carr Grace's Guide "Mark William Carr"]; Retrieved  18 June 2016</ref>
== History ==
The construction of the line from [[Negapatam]] via [[Tiruvallur]] to [[Tanjore]] (48 miles/77km) started in April 1859 to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) standards and the was opened to traffic by December 1861 . The headquarters were at [[Negapatam]] with the Agent, Chief Engineer, Locomotive Superintendent and Traffic Superintendent and Workshops . The line reached [[Trichinopoly]] in 1862 #p.2,3,6,7<ref name=MotSIR/>.
[[David Logan]] was Resident Engineer on the construction from 1858 until 1863, when he succeeded [[Mark William Carr]] as Chief Engineer, a position he held until resigning in 1866 to superintend the reclamation work at Back Bay, Bombay.
In 1864 November [[Frederick Lewis Dibblee]], on his arrival in [[Madras]], was engaged as Engineer-in-Charge on the GISR, then District Engineer and later Chief Engineer, a position he continued to hold until August 1868, when he resigned and transferred to the [[Carnatic Railway]] <ref>[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/index.htm Frederick Dibblee, MICE Biography "Frederick Lewis Dibblee"]; Retrieved  18 June 2016</ref>
In 1865 the administrative offices were opened at [[Trichinopoly]] leaving at [[Negapatam]] the Agent's office (which moved in  and Workshops (which moved in 1886)at 
In 1868, the GSIR line reached [[Erode]], connecting to the [[Madras Railway]] and [[David Logan]] was reappointed as Chief Engineer.
In 1872, the GSIR merged with with the [[Carnatic Railway]], built to metre gauge, to form the [[South Indian Railway]].
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search]; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016</ref> gives 46  references.  The most important being:-
*'''L /AG/46/13 '''  “Records of the Great Southern of India Railway Company; 1859-1874”
Unfortunately, there are no GSIR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]].
== Notes ==
(1)  "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
== External link ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Guaranteed Railways]]

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