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employment==Contract==The Contract <ref name= Contract/> shows that the only line that had been constructed by the ‘[[Indian Tramway Co.]]’, mostly on railway work. After being District Engineer on was the Great Southern ‘[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]]’, a 3 feet 6 inches(1067mm) [[Rail_gauge#Unique_rail_Gauges|Rail Gauge line]] of India which "opened for a year traffic about 1 Aug 1865" and ran between the towns of [[Arkonam]] and a half, he became Chief Engineer[[Conjeeveram]], a position he continued to hold until August 1868, when he retiredline length of 18.8miles (30.3km).
In 1868 August, The Contract specified that the Company shall alter the gauge of the ‘[[Frederick Lewis DibbleeArakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]] was engaged ’, described as Chief Engineer of the Carnatic Railway‘Original Line’ in the Contract, he had previously been Chief Engineer of to 5 feet 6 inches broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) throughout. It is known that the line from [[Great Southern of India RailwayArkonam| Arkonam Station]] to [[Conjeeveram]] also was converted to BG ''(probably in the Madras Presidencylate 1870 or early 1871 but exact date not known). ''
In 1872, The Contract also specified that the Carnatic Railway merged with Company shall undertake the construction of an BG ‘Extension Line’ from [[Great Southern of India RailwayConjeeveram]]. In 1874, the merged companies were renamed the to [[South Indian RailwayCuddalore]](SIR). <br>''It is clear that this “Extension Line” was not constructed by the ‘Carnaic Railway Company’''.
==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - It was not until available from 1881 when the ‘[http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop[South Indian Railway]]’ (SIR]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to opened the extension from [[India Office RecordsConjeeveram]] (IOR) held at the to [[British LibraryChingleput|Chingleput Junction]] ''(see ‘Later Developments - 1881’ below)''.
Unfortunately==Later Developments==*1872 the ‘Carnatic Railway’ merged with the ‘[[Great Southern of India Railway]]’.*1874, the merged companies were renamed the ‘[[South Indian Railway]]’(SIR).*1878, there are no CAR staff records held the ‘[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway| ‘Arkonam-Conjeeveram Line’]] was converted in July 1878 to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) as part of the SIR Metre Gauge systemwas adopted and the line was converted once again to [[India Office RecordsRail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]] <ref name=Adminp138>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n146/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 138 (pdf146) ]; Retrieved 30 Mar 2018</ref>. *1881, The SIR cextended the line as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) from[[Conjeeveram| Conjeeveram ''(now named Kanchipuram'')]] in stages reaching [[Chingleput|Chingleput Junction]] in Jan 1881 forming the ‘SIR Arkonum MG Branch’. At [[Chingleput|Chingleput Junction]] at the line joined the ‘SIR MG Mainline’ which had opened in 1876-77 <ref name=Adminp138/>, thus connecting throgh to [[British LibraryCuddalore]].
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|route= [[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]] |gauge1= 3feet 6inch(1097mm)|gauge1details= Opened 1865|gauge2= Broad Gauge(BG)|gauge2details= Converted to BG c.1870|gauge3= Metre Gauge (MG)|gauge3details= Converted to MG 1878
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|timeline1date= 18701862 |timeline1details= Formed with state assistance[[Indian Tramway Co.]] formed|timeline2date= 1870|timeline2details=Carnatic Railway Co. formed with state assistance|timeline3date= 1872|timeline3details=Merged with the ‘[[Great Southern of India Railway]]|timeline4date= 1874|timeline4details= The two merged Companies became [[South Indian Railway]] |timeline5date= 1872|timeline5details= Merged to form [[South Indian Railway]]
|presidency= [[Madras]]
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[[File:Carnatic Railway.png|thumb|Carnatic Railway]]The '''Carnatic Railway''' (CAR) was formed in 1870 to acquire the lines operations and line and equipment of the [[Indian Tramway Co.]], a company which was went into voluntary in liquidation. The CAR was able to secure a 5% guarantee from the Government of India(<br>[[Government of India Indian Tramway Co.|GoI''See separate page'' ‘Indian Tramway Company’ ''for further information'']]).
The CAR was able to secure a 5% Guarantee from the [[Government of India]])<ref name== History ==Contract >[https://archive.org/stream/parliamentarypa212commgoog#page/n243/mode/1up “Parliamentary Papers Accounts and Papers Volume 15 of 37” Session 9 February to 21 August 1871 Pages 231-244. ‘Contract between the Secretary of State and the Carnatic Railway Company’, dated 1 March 1870]; Retrieved 30 Mar 2018</ref>.
==Records==
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 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref> gives 7 references. The most important being:-
*'''L/F/8/11/874 ''' “Carnatic Railway Company, Duplicate contract Secretary of State; 1870”
*'''L/PWD/5/3 ''' “Public Works 'Old Series' (Collections), Coll 15, Amalgamation of Great Southern and Carnatic Railway Cos, 1869-1874”
==Personnel==
Unfortunately, there are no ‘Carnatic Railway’ staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]].
In 1868 August, [[Frederick Lewis Dibblee]] was engaged as Chief Engineer of the ‘Carnatic Railway’, he had previously been Chief Engineer of the ‘[[Great Southern of India Railway]]’ also in the Madras Presidency.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]]'''
<br>and '''[[Indian Tramway Co.]]''' for early history up to 1870.
See '''South Indian Railway''' for period after 1874
== References ==
