Wardha Valley Railway
The Wardha Valley Railway was under survey in early 1870 by the the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department, the engineer Horace Bell was Second Grade Executive Engineer on this survey [1]. Francis Langford O'Callaghan posted from State Railways was Engineer-in-Chief during the construction period 1872-75 [2].
The line opened in 1877 as the Wardha-Warora State Railway and was worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR). The line linked Wardha to Warora, a distance of 45 miles(72km). [3]
The line was extended in 1905 by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) to reach the coal reserves at Ballapur. This extension is referred to as the Wardha Coal Railway[3].
Personnel Records
No staff records for the Wardha Valley Railway have been found, except for the following individual record:-
- Frederick Nicholas Gutersloh, 1879-81,deployed from Public Works Department(PWD) - Railway Branch as Manager of the Wardha-Warora State Railway [4].
Further Information
See Great Indian Peninsula Railway
References
- ↑ "Grace's Guide - Horace Bell”; Retrieved on 13 Jul 2016
- ↑ Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "; Retrieved on 13 Jul 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Maharashtra Gazetteer" /Wardha/Communicaions/Railways. Originally printed 1906; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015
- ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 510; Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016