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'James Rhind' and 'Henry Dangerfield' added with references
[[Horace Bell]] and [[Archibald Crellin Cregeen]] were deployed in 1870 from the newly formed Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]] to the Indore State Railway as Executive Engineers during the construction and the railway opened in 1874.
[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], who later became Director of Railway Construction for the Government of India, was Assistant Engineer, Construction. [[James Rhind]] in 1873 went to India, and served in the Locomotive Department, 'receiving certificates of good service from his superior officers' before travelling back to England <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Rhind Grace's Guide "James Rhind"] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref>.
[[Henry Dangerfield]] in 1878 transferred to Holkar State Railway and [[Scindia-Neemuch Railway]], transferred as Superintendent of Way and Works, and he held this post till Dec 1880, being also manager of the line for the last two years <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Dangerfield Grace's Guide "Henry Dangerfield"] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref>. [[James Condor]] was appointed Manager of Holkar State Railway in 1881. He was, at the same time Manager of [[Sindia-Neemuch Railway]] and [[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]]<ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA465 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 465 (pdf page 428)] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>..
In 1881-82, the railway joined with others to form the '''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]''' (see'Algamation' below)
