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Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors There are no staff records in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
*'''L/F/8/17/1263''' “Powayan Steam Tramway Company Limited, Indenture supplemental to that of 1st July 1901; 1912"
*'''L/F/8/19/1436''' “Rohilkund and Kumaon and Lucknow Bareilly State Railways and Powayan Steam Tramway, Reprint of contracts showing modifications up to and includng the contract of July 3rd 1914; 1917"
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{{Line Railways Infobox
|image=
|caption=
|route= [[Shahjahanpur]] to [[Mailani]]
|gauge1= Narrow (2'6") gauge <br>Traway
|gauge1details= 17 miles (1890)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details= 38 miles (1904)
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1890
|timeline1details= First section opened
|timeline2date= 1894
|timeline2details= Line fully opened to traffic
|timeline3date= ?
|timeline3details= Branch to <br> '''[[Rosa Sugar Factory Tramway]]'''
|timeline4date= 1904
|timeline4details= Line further extended to Mailani
|timeline5date=
|timeline5details=
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Pawayan]], [[Shahjahanpur]], [[Mailani]]
|system1date= 1890
|system1details= Self operated and managed
|system2date= 1900
|system2details= [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]
|system3date= c.1904
|system3details= Renamed '''[[Powayan Light Railway]]'''
}}
The '''Powayan Steam Tramway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) tramway, sometimes described as the '''Shahjahanpur-Mailani Tramway'''. The ‘Powayan Steam Tramway Company’ was registered on 22 April 1887 <ref name=Powayan>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n210/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 202]; Retrieved 26 Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_212.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908" v. 22, p. 206.]; Retrieved 3 Sept 2016</ref>.
==Records==
An on-line search of the IOR records 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 Jan 2016</ref> gives 5 references. The most important being:-
*'''L/F/8/16/1166''' “Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company Limited, Agreement for capital expenditure on the Powayan Steam Tramway and acquisition of interests in the Powayan Steam Tramway Limited; 1906"
In addition :-
==Further Information==
See '''[[Powayan Light Railway]]''' and '''[[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]'''
== References ==
