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The '''South Eastern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways, carries much historical material on its website (see below for link).
*[http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,397 "Major Events in Formation of S.E. Railway"] A timeline from 1887 to 2001 of the South Eastern Railway (formerly BNR).
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The '''Bengal-Nagpur Railway''' (BNR) was formed in 1887 to take over the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway|Nagpur-Chhattisgarh Railway]], to convert the existing metre gauge track to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) and to extend the system eastwards to join the [[East Indian Railway]] at [[Asansol]], 132 miles from Calcutta.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n9/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 157pages 1 to 5]; Retrieved 17 Dec 201519 Feb 2016</ref>
== History ==
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
[[Image:Bnrkhargur.jpg|thumb|left|BNR Loco Running Staff 1910]]
A series of articles on the BNR, then celebrating its (highly significant) 25th year, was published during 1911 in ''The Indian Railway Gazette''. The December 1911 issue carried biographical entries on the top 12 staff complete with individual photographic portraits. Microfilm of the Gazette can be consulted at the British Library's Newsroom.
There are some reports, letters and notes on the railway's history covering 1890-1930 held at *[http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/leisculture/heritage1/hals/ '''Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies'''], including copies of the ''Bengal-Nagpur Railway Magazine'' for July 1929, August 1929, November 1930 and December 1930.
== External Links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20081120084756/http://www.serailway.gov.in/General/Book_RRB/index.htm Evolution of SER over the years] A history of the South Eastern Railway, including the BNR and its constituents. This archived link from South Eastern Railway is most likely chapters (or content) from the book ''South Eastern Railway: March to New Millennium 1878-2001'' by R. R. Bhandari 2001. Unfortunately, not all the chapters are accessible.
*[http://web.ncf.ca/kharagpurdiaspora/ Kharagpur’s Diaspora Reunited] Memories and photos of a BNR family, the Cramptons, from the 1930s to 1950s.
** A map on which the Bengal-Nagpur Railway is shown may be found in [http://web.ncf.ca/kharagpurdiaspora/index.html#pt.7 Correspondence Part 7] (scroll down a considerable way)
*Indian Railways line history: South Eastern Railway [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:zhDq6WKEraQJ:indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/south-eastern-railway.pdf+Adra+Bengal+Nagpur+Railway&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgef8_W5Ay84Uw3HFe-sshvi3tUkiBCn17F3ru9MbxyYTxfd8F_9KO99c8cgB3l0VSw4CFiesFBzuZU5K-BuoeYt0NTOxW6uAx6iBHbQysgREYUxHv-W8iuJUUcMVwRGNjxSjCN&sig=AHIEtbTX7l8En_RASGIzv53CQyqx5OYW1w html version], [http://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/south-eastern-railway.pdf pdf] from [http://indianrailwaynotes.wordpress.com/ "Indian Railway Notes" by Hugh Scholey]
