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The '''Indus Valley State Railway''' (IVSR) was formed between 1870 and 1871 to replace the [[Indus Flotilla]] by providing a rail link between [[Kotri]] and [[Multan]].
<ref>[http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2013/03/alas-sindh-is-now-lost-indus-valley.html "Alas, Sindh is now Lost: Indus Valley State Railway" by Salman Rashid March 29, 2013]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.panhwar.com/Adobe/Administration%20report%20on%20the%20construction%20of%20the%20railway.pdf Administration report on the construction of the (Indus State) Railway, pdf format]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>.
The survey of the line in 1869-70 was undertaken by [[John Brunton]], the Chief Resident Engineer of [[Scinde Railway]], assisted by his son [[William Arthur Brunton]].
The '''[[Empress Bridge]]''', originally known as the '''Sutlej Bridge''', near Bahawalpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). The bridge, which opened in 1878, carried the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] IVSR over the Sutlej river between [[Ferozepur]] (Firozpur) (south of [[Lahore]]) and [[Kazur]]. The Engineer-in-Charge of the construction was [[William St. John Galwey]], assisted in 1873 by [[Hugh Lewin Monk]] from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD) Railway Branch of PWD.
The Indus Valley State Railway IVSR had reached [[Sukkur]] in 1879 and the steam ferry that transported eight wagons at a time across the Indus between [[Rohri]] and [[Sukkur]] was found to be cumbersome and time-consuming. The opening of the [[Lansdowne Bridge]] in 1889 solved this bottleneck and thus port of [[Karachi]] was connected to the railway network.
With others, the Indus Valley State Railway was merged with the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] in 1886 to form the ''North-Western State Railway'' (later the [[North Western Railway]]).
However the following have been identified from other sources:-
*[[Frederick Ewart Robertson]], 1869-70, deployed from[[Public Works Department]] [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] Department; 1869-89. 1869, employed on the IVSR 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>.
*[[Hugh Lewin Monk]], 1869-79. 1869 as an Assistant Engineer. Then 1874-79 as Executive Engineer assisting in the construction of the [[Empress Bridge]] <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA569 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 569 (pdf page 532)] Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016</ref>
*[[Joseph Bonus]], 1870-77, Executive Engineer, Engineer-in-Chief and then Superintending Engineer IVSR <ref >[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA444=&dq Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 444]; Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016</ref>.
*[[James Arthur Anderson]], c.1871-c.1890 dates unspecified. Executive Engineer deployed from PWD to IVSR <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 19 Aug 2016</ref>
*[[William St. John Galwey]] , c.1872-78, Engineer-in-Chief for the construction of the [[Empress Bridge]], opened in 1878, deployed from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD) Railway Branch.
*C. Campbell , 1872, Engineer-in-Chief, Multan Division <ref name=IVSR1872>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1872_Thackers:_Indus_Valley_Railway "1872 Thacker's Indus Valley Railway Personnel"] Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016</ref>.
*J. Collet , 1872, Superintending Engineer, Multan Division <ref name=IVSR1872/>.
