The '''Mu Valley State Railway''' (MVSR) was the third [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|metre gauge (MG)]] railway to be constructed in Burma. <br>''The first being the [[Irrawaddy Valley State Railway]] (IVSR), which had opened in 1877; followed by the [[Sittang Valley State Railway]] (SVSR) which finally reached [[Mandalay]] in 1889.''
[[File:Mu Valley State Railway.png|thumb| Mu Valley State Railway]]
The MVSR, ''shown in Blue on map'', from [[Sagaing]], on the opposite bank of the Irrawaddy River facing [[Mandalay]], the line opened in stages reaching [[Wuntho]], 152 miles(244km) in 1892 and onward via [[Nada|Nada (Na Bar)]] and Mohnyin reaching [[Mogung]], total 294 miles(473km) in March 1896. <br>From [[Nada|Nada (Na Bar)]] a short 15 mile(24km) branch to [[Katha]] opened in Oct 1895. <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n180/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 171 (pdf180) ]; Retrieved 18 Apr 2018</ref>
The final 37 miles(60km) onward to [[Myitkyina]] was under construction when the IVSR was transferred to the [[Burma Railway|Burma Railway Company]] in 1896 and completed <ref name=Admin/>
In 1896, management of the MVSR passed to the newly formed [[Burma Railway]] Company.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma Wikipedia "History of Rail Transport in Burma"]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2016</ref>
==Personnel==
Although there do not appear to be any MVSR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]], the names of staff transferred to the successor company may appear in [[Burma Railway]] records.
However the following staff have been identified from other sources:-
*[[John Walker Buyers]] from [[Public Works Department]](PWD)posted as Engineer-in-Chief to Mu Valley State Railway <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA454 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 454 (pdf page 417)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>, he was in 1890 transferred to Burma Railway.
*[[Hugh Lewin Monk]] deployed from the Railway Branch of the PWD to Mu Valley State Railway: 1889, P.A to Chief Engineer; 1891, Engineer-in-chief; 1892, Superintending Engineer <ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA569 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 569 (pdf page 532)] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>.
*[[Frederick Robert Bagley]] from PWD; 1890, Mu Valley Railway Survey, Superintending Engineer <ref name=icl> India Civil List 1890, page 40/41</ref>.
*[[Ronald Chapman Beeston]] from PWD; 1890, Mu Valley Railway Survey, Superintending Engineer <ref name=icl/>
The MVSR, shown in Blue on map, from Sagaing, on the opposite bank of the Irrawaddy River facing Mandalay, the line opened in stages reaching Wuntho, 152 miles(244km) in 1892 and onward via Nada (Na Bar) and Mohnyin reaching Mogung, total 294 miles(473km) in March 1896. From Nada (Na Bar) a short 15 mile(24km) branch to Katha opened in Oct 1895. [1]
The final 37 miles(60km) onward to Myitkyina was under construction when the IVSR was transferred to the Burma Railway Company in 1896 and completed [1]
In 1896, management of the MVSR passed to the newly formed Burma Railway Company.
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Personnel
Although there do not appear to be any MVSR staff records held in the India Office Records at the British Library, the names of staff transferred to the successor company may appear in Burma Railway records.
However the following staff have been identified from other sources:-
Hugh Lewin Monk deployed from the Railway Branch of the PWD to Mu Valley State Railway: 1889, P.A to Chief Engineer; 1891, Engineer-in-chief; 1892, Superintending Engineer [4].
