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Originally constructed to metre gauge, the '''Sind-Sagar Railway''' was later converted to broad gauge. In 1886 the eastern section of the was amlagamted with other railways to form the [[North-Western State Railway]]. | |||
Became the Sind-Sagar Branch of the NWR | |||
The [[Chak-Nizam Bridge]] was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the [[Shahpur]] district about 100 miles north-west of Lahore. The Engineers were James Ramsay, Engineer-in-Chief Sind State Railway; [[Frederick Robert Upcott]], Engineer-in-Charge of the Bridge; Mr Boydell, Executive Engineer and Mr J Spence, Sub-Engineer | |||
1887is colourfully described in the "Civil and Military Gazette", 18 May 1887 <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IcGwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=Sind-Sagar+Railway&source=bl&ots=YG60t7pX5D&sig=KmrjM8ls0tWpKlm1ls37RkbFfFE&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt2syilPLNAhWPSxoKHU8UCjQQ6AEIWzAJ#v=onepage&q=Sind-Sagar%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218]; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016</ref>. | |||
Kipling reports a speach by the Chief Engineer, James Ramsay, in which various delays and accidents are mentioned, including 'having to wait for the girder-work not arrived from England' | |||
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N6E1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA576&lpg=PA576&dq=chak+nizam+bridge&source=bl&ots=UD6BLbKXnC&sig=dQLKjlqmWLgSrzvhOKjuyheePtA&hl=fr&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwj3zqjXlvLNAhXFPBoKHbrtDCYQ6AEIYTAN#v=onepage&q=chak%20nizam%20bridge&f=false Google Books "Stories and Poems" by Rudyard Kipling, page 576]; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016</ref>. | |||
==Personnel== | |||
No Staff Records are available at the [[British Library]] [[India Office Records]] | |||
The following personnel have been identified from various sources as being posted to this railway:- | |||
*[[Francis Langford O'Callaghan]], 1884-85, posted from [[State Railways]] as Chief Engineer, Survey of the Sind-Sagar Railway <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.457 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "]; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016</ref>. | |||
*[[Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne]], c.1884, Executive Engineer posted from PWD for 'short stint' to Sind-Sagar Railway <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Trevredyn_Rashleigh_Wynne Grace's Guide "Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne"]; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016</ref>. | |||
*[[James Ramsay]], Executive Engineer from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD) was Engineer-in-Chief of the Sind-Sagar Railway in the 1880's <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA595 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558)] Retrieved on 21 May 2016</ref>. | |||
Revision as of 05:54, 14 July 2016
Sind Sagar Railway - Work in Progress
Originally constructed to metre gauge, the Sind-Sagar Railway was later converted to broad gauge. In 1886 the eastern section of the was amlagamted with other railways to form the North-Western State Railway.
Became the Sind-Sagar Branch of the NWR
The Chak-Nizam Bridge was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the Shahpur district about 100 miles north-west of Lahore. The Engineers were James Ramsay, Engineer-in-Chief Sind State Railway; Frederick Robert Upcott, Engineer-in-Charge of the Bridge; Mr Boydell, Executive Engineer and Mr J Spence, Sub-Engineer
1887is colourfully described in the "Civil and Military Gazette", 18 May 1887 [1].
Kipling reports a speach by the Chief Engineer, James Ramsay, in which various delays and accidents are mentioned, including 'having to wait for the girder-work not arrived from England'
[2].
Personnel
No Staff Records are available at the British Library India Office Records
The following personnel have been identified from various sources as being posted to this railway:-
- Francis Langford O'Callaghan, 1884-85, posted from State Railways as Chief Engineer, Survey of the Sind-Sagar Railway [3].
- Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne, c.1884, Executive Engineer posted from PWD for 'short stint' to Sind-Sagar Railway [4].
- James Ramsay, Executive Engineer from the Public Works Department(PWD) was Engineer-in-Chief of the Sind-Sagar Railway in the 1880's [5].
- ↑ Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016
- ↑ Google Books "Stories and Poems" by Rudyard Kipling, page 576; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016
- ↑ Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016
- ↑ Grace's Guide "Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne"; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016
- ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558) Retrieved on 21 May 2016