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==Personnel Records==
Unfortunately, there are no Indus Valley State Railway Staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]](IOR). However the following have been identified from other sources:-
*[[Frederick Ewart Robertson]] from[[Public Works Department]] [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] Department; 1869-70, employed on the survey; 1870, Engineer-in-Charge of the construction division in Upper Sind until the IVSR was opened for traffic in 1877; 1879, In-charge of a sub-division of the IVSR. He established the railway ferry over the Indus at Sukkur. The ferry was successfully worked until it was replaced by the [[Lansdowne Bridge]]; 1887, [[Lansdowne Bridge]], of the cantilever type, with a 820 feet(248M) span, involved his design of novel and suitable plant for its erection. The whole of the work was successfully carried out by him, and the bridge was opened in 1889; 1889, appointed Engineer-in-Chief of the IVSR, which included the Khojak Junction under construction;1889, resigned and became Chief Engineer [[East Indian Railway]] <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Ewart_Robertson Grace's Guide "Frederick Ewart Robertson"]; Retrieved 8 Jun 2016</ref>.
*[[Middleton Rayne]], 1876-79 Engineer-in-chief
*[[Henry Francis Storey]], 1879 as Engineer. 1881 as Engineer-in-Chief and promoted to Superintendent of Way and Works until trasferred in 1886
'''The 1905 Civil List ''' records the following from the [[Public Works Department]] - [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] being deployed to the SIR :–
* [[James Arthur Anderson]], Executive Engineer, employed on IVSR dates unspecified but between 18712 and 1890 <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA427 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 427 (pdf page 390 )] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>
* [[James Condor]], Traffic Superintenent IVSR, 1878-81 <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 29 May 2016</ref>.
* [[William Michell]], Executive Engineer IVSR, 1883-87, where he held charge from time to time of the Jacobabad, Kandahar and Northern divisions <ref>[ http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Michell_(1853-1899) "Grace's Guide - William Michell”]; Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
* [[James Ramsay]], Engineer-in-Chief IVSR, 1880 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA595 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
'''Thacker's Directories'''
The following for Indus Valley Railway Personnel have been indexed in Grace's Guide -
*[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1872_Thackers:_Indus_Valley_Railway "1872 Thacker's Indus Valley Railway Personnel"]
== References ==
