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|headquarters= [[Secunderabad]]
|workshop= Lallaguda (Lalaguda), suburb of [[Secunderabad]]
|stations= [[Aurangabad]], [[Chanda]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Medak]], [[Nander]], [[Nizamabad]], [[Parbhani]], [[Secunderabad]], [[Wadi]]
|system1date= 1950
=='Nizam’s State Railway' Lines (1930-1950)==
[[File:Nizam's Railway System 1937 Map.png|thumb|Nizam's Railway System 1937 Map]]
The 1936-37 Report <ref>“Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-373” page 118 (pdf150)</ref> gives only the summaries:-
*Nizam’s State Railway, BG, Class I railway, 667 miles(1073km).
*Dronachellam(Dhone)-Kurnool-British Frontier, MG, Class I railway, 36 miles(58km). State railway, worked by by Nizam’s State Railway
*Jankampet-Budaon Railway, MG, construction commenced 1936, 12 miles(19km) length. Primarily as a siding to serve a sugar factory at Budaon and to assist in the transport of machinery etc to the factory also for passenger traffic <ref>”Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37” page 42</ref>. Line opened 1938 <ref name=Nizam/>
==Later Development==
Indian Railways (IR), '''[[Central Railway]] Zone''' (CR) was formed on 5 November 1951 by grouping several government-owned railways, including the ‘Nizam's State Railway’
==Records==
*[[William Coupar Rennie]], 1869, posted from PWD to Nizam's Railwayon survey and construction <ref name=rennie>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Coupar_Rennie Grace's Guide "William Coupar Rennie"] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref>
*[[Henry Dangerfield]], 1872 June, posted from PWD to Nizam's Railway, the construction of which was just commencing. He remained on that line for upwards of five years and a half; first for a short time as Assistant Engineer, and subsequently as Executive Engineer in charge of an important division, the construction of which he carried to completion. At the opening of that line in 1876 July, he was appointed to take charge as Manager and Engineer-in-Chief <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Dangerfield Grace's Guide "Henry Dangerfield"] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Robert Edwin Wright]], 1872-1877, Assistant Engineer, first grade, promoted to Executive Engineer 4th grade in 1875 <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=xQhRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 94, ‘Obituary - Robert Edwin Wright’]; Retrieved 3 Apr 2020</ref>.
*[[Willoughby Charles Furnivall]] was 'on loan' from [[Railway Branch - PWD]] during the period 1874-90 in charge of a number of locally administered State railways, which included the Nizams State Railway (NSR) <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.222 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles"]; Retrieved on 21 Jul 2016</ref>.
