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Dhone-Kurnool State Railway

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The '''Dhone-Kurnool State Railway'''was a short 32 mile(51km) State owned metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) section opened 1909. Being worked by [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) from 1911. The railway linked [[Kurnool]] to [[Dhone]] and was incorporated into the M&SMR network.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n97/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 89-90]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref>
State ==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 Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/F/8/17/1260 ''' “Southern Mahratta Railway Company Limited, a short 32 mile MG section opened 1909. Being worked by Agreement to work and maintain the Dhone-Kurnool Railway; 1911”  ==Further Information==See '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) in 1911 and 1925 No further information known.''' == References ==<references />
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