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This railway was a State Railways and An on-line search of the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are held :-this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref>*'''L/F/8/1-20''' gives the following: "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946" *'''Z/L/FAG/846/1-221''' : "Index to Appointments “Records of the India Office relating to State Railways made in the UK 1855Ahmadabad-Parantij Railway; 1896-19461910"*''; with the Catalogue note 'The Company was formed in India in 1896. Line ran from Ahmadabad City north to Parantij (Prantej), a distance of some 33 miles. Worked by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway from 1897 (see L/AG/46/21''' : "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways”6).
Fully checked; 1918 Admin Report link changed: IOR info changed
A metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]].
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n33/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 25]; Retrieved 15 Dec 201529 Jan 2016</ref>
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
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