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Indus Valley State Railway

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<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref>> gives 10 references. The most important being:- *V/24/3590; "Public Works Department: Railways" which contains " Administration report on the construction of the Indus Valley State Railway, 1878/79" *L/AG/46/34; “Records of the India Office relating to the North Western State Railway". The following appears on this IOR record:- 'The North Western State Railway was created in 1886 by the amalgamation of the Scinde-Punjab-Delhi Railway, the Indus Valley State Railway and the Punjab Northern State Railway’
*'''L/AG/46/34 ''' “Records of ==Personnel Records==Unfortunately, there are no Indus Valley State Railway Staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office relating to the North Western State Railway" Records]].
''The following appears on this for [[Middleton Rayne]] is in the IOR record'' :- *Mss Eur D904; "Middleton Rayne papers" with the catalogue contents 'The North Western State Railway was created in 1886 by the amalgamation Papers of the ScindeMiddleton Rayne (1830-Punjab82), Public Works Dept, Government of India 1868-Delhi Railway (see L/AG/46/17)79, Engineer in Chief, the Indus Valley State Railway 1876-79, comprising diaries, sketchbooks, letters and photographs; also two diaries, dated 1871 and the Punjab Northern State Railway’ Unfortunately1883, there are no Indus Valley State Railway Staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]]of his wife Annie.'
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