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*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.'
*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 Steam Tramway|Karachi Street Tramways]] which operated were operated by 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 [[East India Tramway CompanyScinde 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>
His son [[William Arthur Brunton]] from 1857-70 was an Engineer with the [[Scinde Railway]], the [[Indus Valley State Railway|Indus Valley Railway]] and finally the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] <ref name=Hughes/>.
