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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:-