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*[[Henry Dangerfield]] in 1878 transferred to [[Holkar State Railway]] and Scindia-Neemuch Railway as Superintendent of Way and Works, and he held this post till Dec 1880, being also manager of the line for the last two years <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Dangerfield Grace's Guide "Henry Dangerfield"] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref>. | |||
*[[James Condor]] was appointed Manager of Sindia-Neemuch Railway in 1881. He was, at the same time, Manager of [[Holkar State Railway]] and [[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]] <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA465 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 465 (pdf page 428)] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>. | *[[James Condor]] was appointed Manager of Sindia-Neemuch Railway in 1881. He was, at the same time, Manager of [[Holkar State Railway]] and [[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]] <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA465 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 465 (pdf page 428)] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 10:41, 25 July 2016
The Scindia-Neemuch Railway; the first section was opened c. 1874 as a metre gauge(MG) line from Neemuch (+Nimach+) to Indore.
+Note Neemuch is also named as Nimach.
The railway is named the Sindia-Neemuch State Railways in some early documents.
Early History
Surveys between Indore and Neemuch started long back in 1871-72 when the plan and estimates for the whole project was submitted to the Government of India in 1872-73. The Maharaja of Scindia agreed to grant a loan of Rs. 75 lakhs at 4 per cent per annum interest for the project and the railway was renamed the Scindia-Neemuch Railway. It also included a branch line to Ujjain from Indore. The Indore–Ujjain branch line was opened in August 1876 and the line was completed in 1879-80. [1] [2] [3]
From about 1874 the railway operated as the Holkar & Scindia-Neemuch Railway as a joint operation with the Holkar State Railway.
Amalgamation
In 1881-82, the Rajputana-Malwa State Railway (RMSR) was created joining under single management, existing State Railways:-
- Rajputana State Railway (RSR)
- Holkar State Railway
- Scindia-Neemuch Railway
- Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway
- Western Rajputana State Railway
All these railways were worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) State Railways.
In 1900 the RMSR was merged into the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR), becoming the latter's Metre Gauge(MG) section; known as Ratlam Division of BB&CIR..
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [4] gives the following:-
- V/24/3590; “India. Public Works Department: Railways” with Catalogue contents “Report on the progress and administration of the Holkar and Sindia-Neemuch State Railways, 1878/79”
Personnel
- Henry Dangerfield in 1878 transferred to Holkar State Railway and Scindia-Neemuch Railway as Superintendent of Way and Works, and he held this post till Dec 1880, being also manager of the line for the last two years [5].
- James Condor was appointed Manager of Sindia-Neemuch Railway in 1881. He was, at the same time, Manager of Holkar State Railway and Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway [6].
Further Information
See Rajputana-Malwa State Railway and Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
References
- ↑ Wikipedia "Neemuch/Nimach"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ Indian Railways "History of Ratlam Division"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ Geocities "Neesmuch Railways"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 13 Apr 2016
- ↑ Grace's Guide "Henry Dangerfield" Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016
- ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 465 (pdf page 428) Retrieved on 23 May 2016