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== Characteristics ==Finally, following further exchanges, the line was constructed by the of Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]). The line from [[Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]] was finally opened in 1876 and was named the '''[[Punjab Northern State Railway]]''' and was the first railway in India to have been taken under GOI control.
Complete rewrite with IOR 'References/Reecords'
The '''Punjab Northern State Railway'''(PNSR) was formed between 1870 first surveyed in 1857 and 1871 to run from years of political and military debate followed as described under '''[[Lahore]] to [[& PeshawarRailway]]''' .Temporary line, opened c.1875
With others, the '''Punjab Northern State Railway ''' was merged with the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] in 1886 to form the '''North-Western State Railway''' (later becoming the [[North Western Railway]]).
==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 9 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*R/V/24/3590; "Public Works Department: Railways" which includes "Administration report on the construction of the Punjab Northern State Railway, 1877/78-1878/79”
== Personnel Records ==
There are no PNSR Staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]].
[[Frederick Lewis Dibblee]] <ref>[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/index.htm "Bigraphy Frederick Dibblee, MICE"]; Retrieved 9 Apr 2016</ref>, was the Engineer-in-Chief, later Superintending Engineer, PNSR (1879-1880).
== External links References == [http:<references //gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/index.htm Frederick Dibblee, MICE], Engineer-in-Chief, later Superintending Engineer, PNSR (1879-1880). [[Category:Railways]][[Category:State Railways]]>
