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#REDIRECT The '''Mushkaf-Bolan Railway''' was the third attempt at the [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]]. In 1890 orders were issued for laying an all season track through the Bolan Pass. This new track was inaugurated on April 15, 1897 and named the '''Mushkaf-Bolan Railway'''. Construction commenced 1894, in service with [[North Western Railway]](NWR) 1898; alternative route to [[Sind-Pishin State Railway]] ==Personnel==*[[Charles William Hodson]], was deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]], 1887-91, and was Engineer-in-Chief during the surveying and early construction. <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA521 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 521 (pdf page 484] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>. *[[James Ramsay]], was was deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]], c.1890, also as Engineer-in-Chief during the construction <ref name>[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 23 May 2016</ref>. == Further Information==See '''[[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]]''' and '''[[North Western Railway]]''' == References ==<references />
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