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[[Image:India-rail-1870.jpg|leftright|thumb|Map of GIPR in 1870]] 

====Bhore Ghat Railway Incline - between Kalyan and Poona==== The [[Bhore Ghat Railway ConstructionKalyan]] was a major engineering constructed undertaken 1856-63 taking the GIPR south-eastern route towards Madras. Incline length: 15 miles, tunnels: 26 (totalling 2.25 miles in length),and 8 viaducts of masonry construction. [[Civil EngineersPoona]] included:Consulting Engineer England: '''Robert Stephenson''' (until his death 1859)*GIPR Chief Engineer 1849 - 1862: '''James James Berkley''' (surveyor and route designer).*GIPR 2nd Engineer 1850 - CB Kerr*GIPR 3rd Engineer 1850 Robert W Graham (his assistant Robert Maitland Brereton)Consultant engineer 1847 - 1867: '''Arthur Anderson West''' (surveyor of the Bhore Gate Incline).<ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1913.17526 OBITUARY. ARTHUR ANDERSON WEST, 1827-1913], ''ICE Virtual Library'' . Retrieved on 28 July 2014.</ref> GIPR Engineers: Messrs Adamson and Clowser, replaced by Messrs West and Tate in November 1859. '''Construction Contractors'''====

The contract was awarded (autumn 1855) to '''William Frederick Faviell''' and work begun at [[Bhore Ghat on 24 January Railway Construction]] was a major engineering constructed undertaken 1856-63 taking the GIPR south-eastern route towards Madras. In March 1859The construction with an incline length: 15 miles, Faviell gave up his contract; for a short time, two GIPR engineerstunnels: 26 (totalling 2.25 miles in length), '''Swainson Adamson''' and '''George Louis Clowser''', carried on the work8 viaducts of masonry construction.

The *'''Civil Engineers''':**Robert Stephenson <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Stephenson Grace's Guide "Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)"]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>, Consulting Engineer GIPR construction contract was relet , based in November England, 1849- until his death 1859 to Solomon Tredwell who died within fifteen days <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=Robert+Stephenson+Bhore+Ghat&source=bl&ots=7dGlQJ7foQ&sig=a2esG2lQXc-07Gm8QH_wqswbHG8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ6uCh5MDNAhVMK8AKHY-uA_QQ6AEIQTAG#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Stephenson%20Bhore%20Ghat&f=false Google Books "The Making of landing in India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise by Kartar Lalvani, page 162]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>**Arthur Anderson West, Consultant Engineer 1847 - 1867, (surveyor of the Bhore Gate Incline) <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1913. His wife17526 Institution of Civil Engineers Obituary "Arthur Anderson West 1827-1913"]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>**[[James John Berkeley]], Alice TredwellGIPR Chief Engineer, assumed the contract 1849 - 1862 (surveyor and appointed route designer)**C B Kerr, GIPR 2nd Engineer 1850 - **Robert W Graham, GIPR 3rd Engineer 1850 -**[[Robert Maitland Brereton]], Assistant Engineer**GIPR Engineers: Messrs Adamson and Clowser to manage the contract for her , replaced by Messrs West and Tate in her absence, as Mrs Tredwell returned to England. This arrangement was to last seven yearsNovember 1859.

“These gentlemen (*'''Construction Contractors'''**1855, The contract was awarded to William Frederick Faviell and work begun at Bhore Ghat on 24 January 1856 <ref name=Thana>[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerbombay05enthgoog#page/n343/mode/2up The Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency "Thana District" page 329.], 'page 329. Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>. **In March 1859, Faviell gave up his contract; for a short time, two GIPR engineers, Swainson Adamson and George Louis Clowser, carried on the work <ref name=Thana/>.**The GIPR construction contract was relet in November 1859 to Solomon Tredwell who died within fifteen days of landing in India. His wife, Alice Tredwell, assumed the contract and appointed Messrs Adamson and Clowser to manage the contract for her in her absence, as Mrs Tredwell returned to England. This arrangement was to last seven years <ref name=Thana/>. **Adamson and Clowser) "carried on the work with the greatest zeal and ability.” "Labour management could limit construction progress, but “by their good and liberal management (Adamson and Clowser) collected and kept on the work a force of 25,000 men during two seasons, and in 1861 of more than 42,000 men.”men” <ref>Campbell, Sir James MacNabb and Enthoven, Reginald Edward. [http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerbombay05enthgoog#page/n343/mode/2up ''name=Thana District Gazetteer''], 'page 329. Retrieved on 28 July 2014.</ref>.