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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