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== External links ==The rail-based assets of the company were acquired by the government in 1945. The company no longer has rail operating interests in the Indian subcontinent, although it still exists as a non-trading company, owned by the Assam Company Limited (part of the Duncan Macneill Group). <ref>Great Britain. Law Commission, Stationery Office [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"]; page 117, paragraph 3.13 Retrieved on 31 December 2015.</ref>
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|headquarters= [[Dibrugarh]]
|workshop= [[RehabariDibrugarh]], [[Margherita]]
|stations= [[Dibrugarh]], [[Ledo]], [[Talap]], [[Tinsukia]]
|system1date= 1945
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The '''Assam Railways and Trading Company Ltd''' (AR&TC) was formed in 1881 to exploit the rich natural resources of the extreme north east corner of [[Assam|Upper Assam]].
The Company was incorporated in 1881, and originated from an Agreement between the Secretary of State for India and ‘[[Shaw, Finlayson and Company]]’ to build a railway line between [[Dibrugarh]]) and [[Sadiya]] in north-eastern Assam. In the event, it constructed a main line from [[Debrugarh]] to the River Dehring, and a branch line from [[Makum|Makum Junction]] to [[Talap]]. The company also owned other valuable businesses, including colliery workings
<ref>Great Britain. Law Commission, Stationery Office [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"]; page 117, paragraph 3.8 Retrieved on 31 December 2015.</ref> and developed and owned the [[Digboi Oil Refinery Railway|Digboi Oil Refinery]] until 1899 when AR&TC promoted a new company ‘Assam Oil Company’, which was sold to [[Burmah Oil Company, Railways|Burmah Oil Company]] in 1921<ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry AS90 pages 103-104</ref>.
[http[File://enAssam Railways and Trading Company, Railway Map 1909.wikipediapng|thumb| Assam Railways and Trading Company Railway Map 1909]]==Railways owned by AR&TC==For full details [[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]] ''see'' ‘Dibru-Sadiya Railway’ ''separate page''*[[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]], opened 1882.org/wiki/Assam_Oil_Company_LtdOwned by Assam Railways and Trading Co Ltd. "; worked by [[Bengal and Assam Oil Company Railway]](B&AR), 1942.*[[Makum Branch Railway]], opened 1884. Branch of the Dibru-Sadiya Railway; Owned by Assam Railways and Trading Co Ltd. ; worked by B&AR, 1942.*[[Ledo and Tikak Margherita Colliery Railway]], opened 1897. Unassisted privately owned by Assam Railways and Trading Co Ltd."; worked by B&AR, 1942.*[[Saikhoa Extension Railway] ]opened 1910 ''Wikipedia''from [[Talap]] to Saikhoa Ghat.
==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]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library "Indian Office Records Search"]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref> gives 10 references. The most important being:-
*'''L/AG/46/2''' “Records of the Assam Railways and Trading Company; 1881”
==Further Information==
For a complete and detailed history of the 'Assam Railways and Trading Company' there are the following sources:-
*[https://ia902905.us.archive.org/12/items/dli.csl.8148/8148.pdf “The Story of the Assam Railways and Trading Company” 1881-1951 by Charles Folliott Birney, Chairman] as an excellent on-line source covering the following Chapters <ref>[https://ia902905.us.archive.org/12/items/dli.csl.8148/8148.pdf “The Story of the Assam Railways and Trading Company” 1881-1951 by Charles Folliott Birney, ]; Retrieved 29 May 2020</ref>:-
** ‘Assam’ and ‘Foundations of the Company’, pages 1-14
** [[Dibru-Sadiya Railway| ‘Dibru-Sadiya Railway’ - ''see separate page'']], pages 15-25
** ‘Collieries and Brickwork’, ‘Forests and Plywood Factory’, pages 26-31
** ‘Management and Labour’, pages 32-39
** ‘Flotilla’ (Steamer Service), pages 40-42
** ‘Oil’ [[Digboi Oil Refinery Railway |(Digboi Oil Refinery- ''see separate page'' )]]; pages 44-47
** ‘Tea’ [[Makum Branch Railway|(Makum Tea and Branch Railway- ''see separate page'')]] and (Namdang Tea), pages 48-50
** ‘War’ and ‘Past and Present’, pages 51-60
** ‘Senior Personnel Lists (Assam Railways and Trading, Makum Tea, Namdang Tea ), pages 61-64
*“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry AS580 pages 100-102.
== References ==
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