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==EIR Personnel by Department in Chronological Order==
''Click on name to follow link where available for more information. This list is not complete''
The following are notable, with period of service in post indicated.
*'''EIR Agents''' <ref> “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, 2003; page 114</ref> <ref name=Huddle>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 277-279, pdf pages 332-334]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref>
**H Wood; 1900--
*'''EIR Consulting Engineers''' **[[James Meadows Rendel]]; EIR's first Consulting Engineer appointed 1847, designed [[Son River Bridge near Arrah|Son Bridge]], died 1857 and suceeded by his son <ref>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone, pages 6 and 18, pdf pages 27 and 39]; Retrieved 12 Jun 2016</ref>
**[[Alexander Meadows Rendel]]; Consulting Engineer to the EIR 1855-87 - [[Naini Bridge]]; [[Lansdowne Bridge]]; [[Jubilee Bridge]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Meadows_Rendel Wikipedia "Alexander Meadows Rendel"]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref>
**[[William Erskine Baker]], General Sir; [[Public Works Department]], Consulting Engineer to EIR on opening of the line to the Ganges at Rajmehal, 1860 <ref>"Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003" published by the Eastern Railway, Kolkata 2003, page 12</ref>.
*'''EIR Chief Engineers''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**[[George Turnbull]]; 1851-63.
**[[Samuel Power]]; 1863-1869. Previously General Assistant to the EIR Chief Engineer [[George Turnbull]] on construction of [[Soan Bridge]] and whole line; <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1872.22906 Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings Volume 33 Issue 1872, 1872, pp. 240-241 ]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref>.
**[[G Sibley]]; 1868-76. Previously 1862-68 Chief Engineer, Upper Provinces, Allahabad.
**[[Bradford Leslie]], Sir; 1876-82. From 1882 became EIR Agent.
*'''EIR Engineering Department'''
**[[George Barclay Bruce]]; c.1851-53. Engineer on construction of Calcutta section <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/George_Barclay_Bruce Grace's Guide "George Barclay Bruce"]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>, (actually the Howrah section).
**[[William St. John Galwey]]; 1857-72. Construction of [[EIR Locomotive Workshops]] at [[Jamalpur]] ; Survey of the EIR ‘First Chord line’; District Engineer. In 1872 transferred to [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]]<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_St._John_Galwey "Graces Guide - William St. John Galwey”]; Retrieved on 5 Jun 2016</ref>.
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