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[[image:India railways1909a.jpg|thumb|250px|''General map of railways in India as of 1909'']]
'''The railways in India were subject to constant changes of ownership, amalgamations and adjustments over the years. The categorisation below is intended to be comprehensive but not exhaustive.'''
*For details of individual railways, tramways, railway constructions known to have operated in British India - click '''[[:Category:Railways|Railways index, 1845-1947]]'''
*For information on notable railway people who made signicant contributions in the development of the Railways in British India - click '''[[:Category:Railway_People|Railway People]]'''
== British India ==
The early railway companies were UK companies operating in India. Later the British Government of India (GOI) owned the majority and either managed them directly or leased them back to private management. From circa 1925 the GOI began to call in the leases, operating the services directly. By 1945, most railways were both owned and managed by the GOI.
*[[:Category:Guaranteed Railways|Guaranteed Railways]] included those railway companies, formed by 1859, to which the East India Company, later the GOI, guaranteed a fixed return on capital.
*[[:Category:Private Railways|Private Railways]] (those built without a guarantee) were few in number - only two were formed in the period 1850-1866 and both these were re-constituted by 1870.
==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
=== 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].
== External Links ==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India : New edition . . . in Council''] Vol 1, 1909 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908-1931).
*Indian Railways, [http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecoderailwayboard/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1view_section.htm jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 "Evolution of About Indian Railways - Historical Background"] ''Indian Railway Administration and Finance''indianrailways.gov.in
*[http://www.irfca.org/index.html ''The Indian Railways Fan Club''] Train spotters site about Indian Railways.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204155938/http://www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/industrial/display.php?file=Military.txt&title=Military%20Trains Indian/South-Asian Industrial Locos: Military Trains] by Simon Darvill
*[http://pakistanrail.com/ ''PakistanRail''] Train spotters site about Pakistan Railways.
*[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r144.html "Modern transport in India"] ''Mike's Railway History''.
*[http://www.railwaysofraj.blogspot.com Railways of the Raj] A lively site featuring titbits from railway life in British India.
*[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC8754A97881FF003 FIBIS List of Railway videos on YouTube]
*[http://www.virginiaessaysinhistory.educom/historyarticles/EIH2011/?p=151 5 ""Fire-Carriages" of the Raj: The Indian Railway and its Rapid Development in British India"] by Amit K. Sharma 2010 ''Essays In History. Annual Journal of the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia''*Rootsweb India Message Board [http://boardswww.rootswebtrains-worldexpresses.com/localities400/410.asiahtm Imperial Indian Mail <nowiki>[</nowiki>and other trains<nowiki>]</nowiki>] trains-worldexpresses.indiacom*[http://www.indiaofthepast.generalorg/contribute-memories/read-contributions/life-back-then/2717341-railway-travel-in-the-raj "Railway Travel in the Raj"] by Kenneth Hugh Staynor.2/mbindiaofthepast.org.ashx post] about The author travelled by trains in India from the occupation 'sleeper agent'1930s to 1951.
==== Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=StwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Railways in India, by an engineer''] 1847 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lawindianrailwa00macpgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''Law of Indian Railways and Common Carriers''] by Walter Gordon Macpherson 1880 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/IndianRailways ''Indian Railways''] by Sir William P.Andrew, C.I.E. 1884 4th Edition Archive.org
*''Administration Report On The Railways In India''. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/36207 pub. 1898], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/515323 Part. 2 (1899-1900) pub.1900], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/36147 pub. 1901], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/95265 1901, pub. 1902], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/57423 pub.1906], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/94040 pub.1907].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bradshawsrailwa00unkngoog#page/n411/mode/2up "India, Egypt and the Colonies"] ''Bradshaw's Railway Manual, Shareholder's Guide, and Official Directory 1905'' Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/207818 ''Summary Of The Administration Of The Earl Of Minto Viceroy And Governor Of India In The Railway Department Nov 1905- July 1910''] 1910 Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/IndianRailways_201308 '' Indian Railways: Their Historical, Financial and Administrative Aspects''] by Chandrika Prasada Tiwari 1921 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianrailwaysra033015mbp#page/n5/mode/2up ''Indian Railways Rates and Regulation''] by N.B. Mehta 1927 Archive.org
*''Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Year Book 1939-1940'' has a section on India, commencing computer digital page 67, including names of the senior officials of the various railways. This book is available to read online on the Digital Library of India, in TIFF format, or as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/225200 pdf download].*[Online books#http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/57645 ''Railway Department History of Indian Railways''] 1951. Pdf download, Digital Library of India| .*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/136294 ''Railways In Modern India''] by Lan (Ian?) Kerr 1957. Pdf download, Digital Library of India]] website.
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