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== Records =='''Other records'''Unfortunately, there are no ECSR Staff appointments held in the *[[India Office RecordsRobert Richard Gales]] at the [[British Library]]. An on, between 1895-line search of the 1900, [[India Office RecordsEast Coast State Railway]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway Assistant Manager <ref>[http://searcharchiveswww.blgracesguide.co.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search1922_Who's_Who_In_Engineering:_Name_G Grace's Guide "Who's Who 1922"]; Retrieved Retrieved 5 Apr 19 Jul 2016</ref>gives the following:-*L/F/8/16/1091; "Bengal-Nagpur Railway, Contract as to taking over a part of East Coast State Railway and construction of extensions and branch lines"; 23 Jan 1902 *L/F/8/16/1104; "Madras Railway Company, Contract as to maintenance, management and working of a portion of the East Coast Railway by the Company"; 31 Dec 1902.
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The ECSR opened the line from [[Cuttack]] via Khurda Road to [[Puri]] in 1893, having a comparatively brief existence before being divided.
The Southern part of ECSR was transferred to the [[Madras Railway]](MR) in 1901; subsequently renamed [[Madras (North-East) Railway]], becoming part of [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) in 1908. The other part of ECSR was absorbed by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] in 1902. ==PersonnelRecords ==The An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] 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 5 Apr 2016</ref>gives the following:-*L/F/8/16/1091; "Bengal-Nagpur Railway, Contract as to taking over a part of East Coast State Railway and construction of extensions and branch lines"; 23 Jan 1902 *L/F/8/16/1104; "Madras Railway Company, Contract as to maintenance, management and working of a portion of the East Coast Railway by the Company"; 31 Dec 1902 ==PersonnelRecords==Unfortunately, there are no ECSR Staff appointments held in the [[India Office Records|IORecords]]. '''1905 India List" ''' records the following staff from the [[Public Works Department]] posted to the East Coast State Railway (ECSR) <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016</ref>:-
*Survey and Construction
**[[Henry Wilkins Clift]], 1889, ECSR Survey, Executive Enginner <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA456 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 456 (pdf page 419)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
**[[Frank Haman Walford Morse]], 1890, ECSR Survey, Executive Engineer and in 1894, Executive Engineer on open sections of line <ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA569 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 571 (pdf page 534)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
**[[Abel John Oldham]], 1890, ECSR Executive Engineer <ref > India Civil List 1890, page 41</ref>.
*Management
**[[Alfred Brereton]], 1893, ECSR Manager and Engineer-in-Chief <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA448 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 448 (pdf page 411)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
**[[Willoughby Verner Constable]], 1898, ECSR Manager <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>. The Southern part of ECSR was transferred to the [[Madras Railway]](MR) in 1901; subsequently renamed [[Madras (North-East) Railway]], becoming part of [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) in 1908. The other part of ECSR was absorbed by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] in 1902.
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