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==FIBIS resources==
*"Railways of India- Part 1" . The first 10 minutes of an hour and a half talk given by Hugh Wilding at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 23 May 2009 on the Railways of India is available to download or listen to on the [http://feedssearch.feedburnerfibis.comorg/FibisPodcast podcast page].*"Railways of India - Part 2"frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources. The first 10 minutes of the second part of an hour php?mode=browse_classes&source_class=323 An Index and a half talk given by Hugh Wilding at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 23 May 2009 on the Railways Description of India is available Employment Contracts issued to download or listen experienced UK Railwaymen who were selected to on the [http://feeds.feedburner.com/FibisPodcast podcast page]. :For both podcasts, the full version is available to FIBIS members only in the [http://members-area.fibis.org/ FIBIS Social Networkwork for various Indian Railways], previously known as the Members Area. Members will also find the presentation notes that accompanied this talk in the FIBIS Social Network.Fibis database
*"The Indian Railways and a Dynasty of Pearces" by Michael Feilden Pearce, [[FIBIS Journals|''FIBIS Journal]] Number 25 (Spring 2011)'' pages 13-21. "Part 2. The Viceregal Carriages" ''FIBIS Journal Number 27 (Spring 2012)'', pages 30-36
**Read more about Michael Pearce's search in [http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/1836639/report-grandchildren-of-the-raj "Grandchildren of the Raj"] by Yolande D'Mello May 19, 2013 dnaindia.com.
=== Available to FIBIS members only===
*Recorded FIBIS Lectures available to members in FIBIS Social Network
** The Railways of India by Hugh Wilding. 2009 (Presentation notes included)
**Difficult Engineering and Determined Engineers' by Ian Kerr 2014. This describes the context and construction of the Bhor Ghat Railway incline, Western India c.1856 - c.1863.
**The Railways of Burma – Their Development and their Personnel” by Dr. Mike Charney 2015
== Recommended Reading ==
*J N Westwood, ''Railways of India'' (Newton Abbot: David & Charles Ltd, 1974) [out of print; a general history of the railways of India from pre 1840 to the 1970s].
*Ian J Kerr, ''Building the Railways of the Raj 1850-1900'' (Delhi; Oxford: OUP, 1995) [out of print; a detailed, academic examination with full bibliography]. Available at the [[British Library]]. To buy a copy, refer [[Booksellers - Antiquarian, Secondhand and Specialist]].
*Ian J Kerr, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1F9QtYSSa0gC&printsec=frontcover ''Engines of Change : the Railroads that made India''] (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2007) [links to a Google Books preview limited to the first 35 pages].
