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*==Personnel==There are no staff agreements for NWR personnel held at least two records at the [[The National Archives|the National ArchivesBritish Library]]**in the [[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C8946012 RAIL 1156/20/36India Office Records] Victor Hope Boalth: Chief Commercial Manager, North Western Railway of India. Birth: 12 September 1872, Sumbolpore, India. Railway service: 1895-1927. **[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C8947016 RAIL 1156/26/40] Frank Montagu George Wheeler: Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, North Western Railway, India. Birth: 22 July 1907, London. Railway service: 1931-1949
→North Western Railway - Lines operated and worked: internal links changed
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|company8details= [[Southern Punjab Railway]]
|company9=]|company9details= [[Kalka-Simla Railway]]]
|company10=
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|company12details=
|headquarters= [[Lahore]]
|workshop= [[Lahore|Lohore(Moghalpura)]], [[Karachi]], [[Multan]], [[Saharanpur]]<br>''see also'' [[NWR Railway Workshops]]
|stations= [[Amritsar]], [[Ferozepore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Meerut]], [[Multan]], [[Peshawar]], [[Quetta]], [[Rawalpindi]], [[Saharanpur]], [[Sibi]]
|system1date= 1947
|auxillary forces= [[North-Western Railway Battalion]]
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[[File: North-Western Railway Map 1909, south-west section.png|thumb| North-Western Railway Map 1909, south-west section]]
[[File: North-Western Railway Map 1909, north-east section.png|thumb| North-Western Railway Map 1909, north-east section]]
The '''North-Western State Railway''' (NWR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]], the [[Indus Valley State Railway]], the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]], the eastern section of the [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] and the southern section of the [[Sind-Pishin State Railway]].
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 106]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref>
== History ==The military and strategic concerns of Afghan-Indian border were such that [[Francis Langford O'Callaghan]], was posted from the [[State Railways]] as "engineer-in-chief for a number of demanding railway projects, surveys and constructions on the north-west frontier" <ref name=biog>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.457 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "]; Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016</ref>. These were initially military and strategic projects and became part of the NWR network on formation in 1886. The [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]] was completed in 1886. The [[Khwaja Amran Railway Survey]] in 1887 included the [[Khojak Tunnel]] and the [[Chaman Extension Railway]]<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_020.gif "The Imperial Gazetteer of India" v. 21, p. 14.]; Retrieved on 13 Jul 2016</ref>. The [[Khojak Tunnel]] opened in 1891 and the railway reached [[Chaman]] on the Afghan border.
Later renamed the [[North Western Railway]], by 1905 it was the longest railway under one administration and the strategic railway of the north-west frontier. In 1947, one part became the nucleus of [[Pakistan Railways|Pakistan's railways]], with 4976 of the old system's 6861 miles lying within the new state; the part lying in India was reorganised and renamed as [[Eastern Punjab Railway]].
==NWR North Western Railway - Lines, Branches operated and Extensionsworked==In addition to the main line sections the following are significant :-*[[KhanaiNorth_Western_Railway_-Hindubagh Railway]], opened 1921. Part of the _Lines_operated_and_worked|''See seperate page for full details'' '''NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge, [[Zhob Valley Railway- Lines operated and worked''']] network; construction commenced 1916.*[[Khushalgarh<br>Comprising:-Kohat-Thal Railway]]. Opened 1903 as a military railway; part of NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge network, extended 1908.*[[Lahore & Peshawar Railway]], opened c.1882. MainNorth_Western_Railway_-line section constructed and worked by _Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Commercial_Section_BG|'''NWR.*[[Mari-Attock RailwayCommercial Section''']], opened 1891. Opened as part of NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge network.*[[MariNorth_Western_Railway_-Indus Railway]]_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Military. Constructed in 19202FStrategic_Section|'''s as part of NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge network.*[[Mashkaf-Bolan Railway]]. Under construction 1894, in service with NWR 1898; alternative to the [[Sind-Pishin State Railway(Military) Section''']] route*[[PattiNorth_Western_Railway_-Kasur Railway]]. In operation 1909-10; extension of _Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Narrow_Gauge_System|'''NWRNarrow Gauge System'''s [[Amritsar-Patti Railway]].*[[SirhindNorth_Western_Railway_-Rupar Railway]]_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_System_.E2.80. Constructed by 93_BG_Lines_Worked_as_part_of_the_NWR_System|'''NWR System – BG Lines Worked as part of the NWR and in operation before 1927*[[Zhob Valley RailwaySystem''']], opened 1921. Part of NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge network; finally extended from Boston to Zhob , 1929
==Railways absorbed into NWRCoal Supplies==*[[Amritsar-Pathankot Railway]], opened 1883-84. Merged into From an early daate the NWR cestabished their own collieries to supply coal for their operations.1892''See separate pages for more information'':-*[[Hoshiarpur Doab RailwayKhost Colliery Tramway|Khost Colliery ]](HDR), opened 1915. Private Co; first section opened 1915; network of lines all - owned and worked and apparantly finally absorbed by NWR**[[Jullundur-Doab Railway]], opened 1912. **[[Jullundur-Mukerian Railway]], opened 1914-15. **[[Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway]], opened before 1914. **[[Jaijon Extension Railway]], opened before 1920in 1877 and closed on unknown date. **[[Phagwara-Rahon Dandot Light Railway|Dandot Colliery]], opened 1915-16. *[[Jammu owned and Kashmir Railway]], opened 1897. Part of NWR from 1891; 16 mile section opened 1897*[[Jammu-Sialkot Railway]], opened 1897 as part of worked by NWR network*[[Kandhar(Qandhar) State Railway]], opened c.1881, ran only to Rindli never to Kandhar, merged into NWR, 1886*[[Quetta Link Railway]]. A strategic line constructed by [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]](SP&DR) from 1880 in 1894 and opened 1887 when merged with NWR.*[[Shahdara-Narowal Railway]], opened 1926closed 1911. Opened as part of NWR network*[[Shorekot Road-Chichoki RailwaySharigh Colliery]]. Survey & Construction 1906-10; opened as part of owned and worked by NWR*[[Sialkot-Narowal Railway]], opened in 1915 as part of NWR network*[[Southern Punjab Railway]], opened 1897. Worked by NWR; line aquired by State 1894 and merged into NWR, 1930*[[Suchetgarh-Jammu Railway]]closed on unknown date. Opened 1890 as a Kashir Darbar line, worked by NWR and incorporated into [[Jammu-Sialkot Railway]] *[[Sutlej Valley Bhaganwala Colliery Railway|Bhaganwala Colliery]], opened 1910. Merged into SPR, 1917-18; aquired by State owned and merged into NWR, 1930*[[Trans Indus (Kalabagh-Bannu) Railway]]. Opened 1913; extended 1916-22; worked and finally merged into by NWR*[[Trans-Baluchistan Railway]], opened 1905. Strategic Military line between India in 1894 and Persia (now Iran); worked by NWR**[[Nushki Extension Railway]]closed 1899. Extension of [[Trans-Baluchistan Railway]]; construction commenced 1916; ; worked by NWR
==Lines worked by NWR at some timeSleeper Supplies==*[[Aden Railway]], opened 1915-16. Constructed as a military railway, worked by NWR under designated 'Engineer-in-charge'. Closed 1929See separate pages for further information''*[[Amritsar-Patti RailwayChanga Manga Forest Tramway|Changa Manga Forest Operation]], opened 1906. Private Co formed 1905; Worked by By 1884 the NWR*[[Bahawalnagar-Fort Abbas Railway]], opened 1928. A Darbar line financed by princely state found itself starved of Bahawalpur; worked by NWR*[[Dandot Light Railway]], opened 1905sleepers that were vital in running services on its network. Short Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) colliary Branch, worked by NWR*[[Jacobabad-Kashmore Railway]], opened 1911; worked by NWR; purchased by GoI,1945*[[Jind-Panipat Railway]], Indian State Section, opened 1916-17. Originally worked by EIR; later by North Western Railway *[[Kalka-Simla Railway]], opened 1902. Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway built This operation had been established in 1864 and worked by private company; taken over by Government started supply of India([[Government of India |GoI]]), 1906 and worked by NWRsleepers in 1884*[[Kangra Valley Marala Sleeper Works Railway]], opened 1929. Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) mountain railway; worked by NWR; one section closed in 1942 (reopened 1954).*[[Khanpur-Chachran RailwayMarala Sleeper Works]], opened 1911. Owned by Bahawalpur Darbar; worked by NWR; also with Bahawalnagar-Fort Abbas Railway*[[Khyber Railway]]1917, opened 1925. A strategic line from India to Afganistan via Khyber Pass; worked by NWR*[[Larkana-Jacobabad (Sind) Light Railway]], opened 1921, worked by NWR*[[Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway]], opened 1901; owned by Jind & Kotia Darbar; constructed closed and worked by NWR*[[Mandra Bhaun Railway]], opened in 1915 and worked by NWR*[[Nowsheratransferred 1922-Durgai Railway]], opened 1901, worked by NWR23*[[Rajpura-Bhatinda Dhilwan Sleeper Works Railway|Dhilwan Sleeper Works]], opened 1884. Owned by Patalia Darbar; worked by NWR; formerly [[Rajpura-Pattiala Railway]]1923
==Railways surveyed by NWRQuarries==*[[Bannu Paikhel Quarry Railway|Paikhel Quarry Railway Survey]]. Under Survey in 1909 (ref 1909 India List) , owned by NWR on behalf of Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]), but no evidence that it was constructedin use 1939-42
==FIBIS resources==
''See separate pages for more information'':-
*FIBIS Gallery Album [http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/17 Railways/NWR/H V O WATERS Collection] He served as a travelling Inspector of Coaching and Goods Accounts, NWR 1907-1917. Includes a
**[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/picture.php?/521/category/17 map] of the railway network. To enlarge, click on the icon at the top left hand corner of the map.
== Records ==*There are no staff agreements An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] in relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 30 May 2016</ref>gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: - *L/AG/46/34; “Records of the [[India Office Records]].relating to the North Western State Railway”; 1893-1924 *L/F/8/18/1419; “North Western Railway, Book of contracts relating to lines worked by the NorthWestern Railway Office of the Chief Examiner of Accounts”; date unspecified
'''[[North Western Railway Personnel]]''' gives details of NWR staff from several sources:-*“India Civil List 1890” <ref>Fibis Records, scans of original ” </ref> and the " India List and India Office List, 1905" <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=Also seefrontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PR14 " India List and India Office List, 1905"] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref> for [[Public Works Department]] Railway Branch or [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] personnel deployed to NWR gives a number of entries. The most notable of these have been listed. *"Grace's Guide ” for notable personnel <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page “Grace’s Guide”]; Retrieved 30 May 2016</ref>*"National Archives from the RAIL collection” <ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C241 “National Archives” ”]; Retrieved 30 May 2016</ref> ==Associated Auxiliary Force==
*[[North-Western Railway Battalion]]. Includes mention of armoured trains
== Institutions ==
*[[Schools#F|North Western Railway School]], Fairlawn, [[Mussoorie]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170519215908/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/54984118 Picture of the teachers and students of St. Andrew School, Pakistan Railways (then NWR) at Lahore, set up in the late 19th century] panoramio.com, now archived.
== Recommended reading ==
*Berridge, Percy Stuart Attwood. ''Couplings to the Khyber: the story of the North Western Railway''. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969.
Monthly staff magazine. Some editorial content published in Urdu . No BL holdings. 2 copies (November 1942, December 1945) are held in the Berridge Papers, [[University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies|Cambridge South Asian Archive]].
== External Links links==
*Terry Case, [http://members.tripod.com/shankardubai/nwrhome.htm ''North Western Railway'']. Includes a section about [http://shankardubai.tripod.com/halwaters.htm Hal Waters] (refer photograph album above)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20130127073836/http://pakistaniat.com/2010/03/01/journeys-to-remember-quetta-lahore-by-rail-in-1925/ Quetta to Lahore by Rail 1925] ''All Things Pakistan'', now an archived website
*[http://www.indiaofthepast.org/contribute-memories/read-contributions/life-back-then/350-breakup-of-the-north-western-railway-and-the-anglo-indian-community "Breakup of the North Western Railway and the Anglo-Indian community"] by Kenneth Hugh Staynor. indiaofthepast.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161118040346/http://www.panoramio.com/user/4789607/tags/British%20Steam%20Locomotives Images of British Steam Locomotives used by North Western Railways] Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of , now archived. *[httphttps://wwwweb.panoramioarchive.comorg/web/user20170520190736/4789607?comment_page=1&photo_page=1 this] collection)*[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/55027511 An old photograph of a Railway Inspection trolley with removeable sailboard used on NWR Hyderabad-Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan]. Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of [http://www, now archived.panoramio.com/user/4789607?comment_page=1&photo_page=1 this] collection)
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5044010710/in/set-72157625077918924 Photograph of Troops travelling by train] taken by Private J W Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938. flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum
===Historical books online===
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== References ==<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Pakistan Railways]]
