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==Railway Achievements in India==
*1873, [[Holkar State Railway]], he went to India, and served on the Holkar State Railway, and afterwards on the [[Rajputana State Railway]], Locomotive Department, 'receiving certificates of good service from his superior officers'. Following this travelled back to England <ref name=biog>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Rhind Grace's Guide "James Rhind"] Retrieved on 23 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Dhond-Manmad State Railway]] on his return to India, was employed with [[Alexander Izat]] and gave 'such proof of ability and thorough grasp of his work' <ref name=biog/>.
*1880, [[Bhavnagar-Gondal State Railway]], he was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the [[Kathiawar]] District. 'While holding this appointment, with very limited appliances, he built the whole of the workshops, put up the machinery, and fitted up the entire rolling-stock for the line. Mr. Rhind managed the locomotive department on this line, under Mr [[William Coupar Rennie]], and afterwards under the late Mr [[Henry Dangerfield]], who highly appreciated his abilities and work' <ref name=biog/>.
*1883, [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR), Locomotive Superintendent. 'Mr [[Alexander Izat]], on taking charge of the construction of the B&NWR, at once applied to Government for and obtained the services of Mr. Rhind, where he did excellent work, and besides equipping the line with rolling-stock, built a number of steamers and flats for the [[Ganges Ferry, Digha Ghat-SoneporeSonpur]], near [[Bankipore]], and also for the crossing of the Gogra River, near Ajoodhia' <ref name=biog/>.
*1886 Apr, he was promoted to be Captain in the [[Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion|Bengal and North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles]], in the Presidency of Bengal <ref name=biog/>.
*1887 Aug, during home leave 'he inspected work being done in Glasgow in the preparation of a flotilla to transport loaded wagons via the [[Ganges Ferry, Digha Ghat-SoneporeSonpur]]. These steamers he put together at Sonepore [[Sonpur]] <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_068.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India 1905, v. 20, p. 62] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref> on his return to India, the various parts having been shipped from Glasgow to Calcutta. They have greatly facilitated the goods traffic at this ferry' <ref name=biog/>.
*1888 Sept, [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR), 1888 September. 'There was an unprecedented fall of rain in the district served by the Uska branch of the Bengal and North Western Railway. Certain protective and irrigation embankments were swept away, the country for miles was submerged and a small bridge on the railway carried away. In the absence of Mr. [[Alexander Izat]], the Agent and Chief Engineer, at a Railway Conference in Simla, Mr. Rhind, accompanied by the traffic superintendent, at once proceeded from [[Gorakhpur]] by special train to arrange for repairing the line and carrying on the traffic. After a hard day’s work Mr. Rhind was walking back from the breach in the railway to his carriage, when he suddenly dropped down dead. This was on the 11th of September, and the cause of death was heart disease, the existence of which was altogether unknown and unsuspected' <ref name=biog/>.
