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The '''North-Western State Railway''' was formed in January {{Line Railways Infobox|image=NWR Engine.jpg|caption= |route= [[Karachi]] to [[Quetta]]<br>[[Karachi]] to [[Lahore]]<br>[[Lahore]] to [[Delhi]]<br>[[Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]]|gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 3186 miles (1905)<br>6861 miles (1947)|gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1886 from the |timeline1details= Formed by merger of the several railways, viz:<br>[[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] , the <br>[[Indus Valley State Railway]] and the <br>[[Punjab Northern State Railway]]..|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= 1930|timeline5details= [[Southern Punjab Railway]] merged into NWR|presidency= [[Bengal]]|stations= |system1date= 1886|system1details= State agency|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= }}
== Characteristics ==[[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]]
Later renamed The '''North-Western State Railway''' (NWR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]], the [[North Western Indus Valley State Railway]], the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]], by 1905 it was the longest railway under one administration eastern section of the [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] and it became the strategic railway southern section of the north[[Sind-wset frontierPishin State Railway]]. In 1947, it became <ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the nucleus Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Pakistan's railways.Government Printing, Calcutta; page 106]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref>
There are no Staff agreements held at Later renamed the [[British LibraryNorth Western Railway]] in , 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 Office Recordswas reorganised and renamed as [[Eastern Punjab Railway]].
→North Western Railway - Lines operated and worked: internal links changed
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|caption= ''North Western Railway device''
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|timeline1details= State owned and State worked
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|company1= 1886
|company1details= [[North Western Railway]]
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|company2details= [[Dandot Light Railway]]
|company3=
|company3details= [[Jammu and Kashmir Railway]]
|company4=
|company4details= [[Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway]]
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|company5details= [[Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway]]
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|company6details= [[Nowshera-Durgai Railway]]
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|company7details= [[Rajpura-Bhatinda Railway]]
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|company8details= [[Southern Punjab Railway]]
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|company9details= [[Kalka-Simla Railway]]]
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|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
|system1details= [West] [[Pakistan Railways]]
|system2date= 1947
|system2details= [[Eastern Punjab Railway]] ([[Indian Railways]])
|system3date= 1952
|system3details= [[Northern Railway]] (IR zone)
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 3890 miles (1905)
|gauge2= Narrow (2' 6") gauge
|gauge2details= 132 miles (1905)
|gauge3= Narrow (2' 0") gauge
|gauge3details= 6 miles (1905)
|gauge4=
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|auxillary forces= [[North-Western Railway Battalion]]
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== Records 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.
==North Western Railway - Lines operated and worked==
[[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked|''See seperate page for full details'' '''NWR - Lines operated and worked''']]
<br>Comprising:-
*[[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Commercial_Section_BG|'''NWR Commercial Section''']]
*[[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Military.2FStrategic_Section|'''NWR Frontier (Military) Section''']]
*[[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Narrow_Gauge_System|'''NWR Narrow Gauge System''']]
*[[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_System_.E2.80.93_BG_Lines_Worked_as_part_of_the_NWR_System|'''NWR System – BG Lines Worked as part of the NWR System''']]
== External Links NWR Coal Supplies==From an early daate the NWR estabished their own collieries to supply coal for their operations.''See separate pages for more information'':-*[[Khost Colliery Tramway|Khost Colliery ]] - owned and worked by NWR, opened in 1877 and closed on unknown date. *[[Dandot Light Railway|Dandot Colliery]] - owned and worked by NWR, opened in 1894 and closed 1911.*[[Sharigh Colliery]] - owned and worked by NWR, opened in 1894 and closed on unknown date.*[[Bhaganwala Colliery Railway|Bhaganwala Colliery]] - owned and worked by NWR, opened in 1894 and closed 1899.
==NWR Sleeper Supplies==''See separate pages for further information''*[http://members[Changa Manga Forest Tramway|Changa Manga Forest Operation]].tripodBy 1884 the NWR found itself starved of sleepers that were vital in running services on its network.com/shankardubai/nwrhome.htm Terry CaseThis operation had been established in 1864 and started supply of sleepers in 1884*[[Marala Sleeper Works Railway|Marala Sleeper Works]], opened 1917, "North Western closed and transferred 1922-23*[[Dhilwan Sleeper Works Railway"|Dhilwan Sleeper Works]], opened 1923
==NWR Quarries==
*[[Paikhel Quarry Railway|Paikhel Quarry Railway]], owned by NWR, in 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==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] 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 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
==Personnel==
There are no staff agreements for NWR personnel held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]].
'''[[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=frontcover&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.
Good coverage of the largest Indian railway system, especially from a civil engineering perspective. Lacks a bibliography and poorly annotated. [Slides of the photographs used form a collection deposited at the [[University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies|Cambridge South Asian Archive]] together with copies of the ''North Western Railway Magazine'', the monthly staff magazine edited by the author.]
*''North Western Railway Magazine''.
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==
*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://www.nr.indianrail.gov.in/scripts/static/history.aspx "History of Northern Railway"], ''Northern Railway''.
*[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, now archived.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170520190736/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, now archived.
*[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===
*[http://archive.org/stream/quarterlycivill00offigoog#page/n192/mode/2up Some railway personnel in 1898]. Page 179 ''Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab: Corrected up to 1st October 1898'' Archive.org
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== References ==
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