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For information about the records of railway staff held at the British Library, follow this [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/railwayemployment/railway.html link]. Also see See '''[[L/F/10 Records of Service 1702-1928]]'''
==Dining cars and catering companies==
“All the major trains, like the Grand Trunk Express, the Frontier Mail and the Deccan Queen, had luxurious dining cars attached.” “The caterers were British companies. Spencer’s served the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway and the North Western Railway, Kellner’s the East India Railway and Brandon’s the Great Indian Peninsular Railway and the Bombay, Baroda and Central India. Only the BNR, the Bengal Nagpur Railway, did its own catering.”<ref>[http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/refreshing-the-railways-regional-foods-may-reinvent-pantry-cars/ “Refreshing the railways: Regional foods may reinvent pantry cars"] by Vikram Doctor. December 5, 2015 ''The Economic Times'', quoting Malcolm Murphy in ''The Last Children of the Raj''.</ref>
**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.
*[http://www.railwaysofraj.blogspot.com Railways of the Raj] A lively site featuring titbits from railway life in British India.
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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 significant contributions in the development of the Railways in British India - click '''[[:Category:Railway_People|Railway People]]'''
== British India ==
*[[: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.
*[[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] were those either built and run directly by the GOI, or those where the GOI exercised its right to assume ownership (which it did gradually with all the original guaranteed railways from 1879 until 1907), or those whose promoters chose to surrender the workings to the GOI (and, in the cse case of the guaranteed companies, received their capital back). From 1907, the word ''State'' was usually dropped from the name of railways in GOI ownership.
*[[:Category:Assisted Railways|Assisted Railways]] were those whose construction was assisted by the GOI, either by guaranteed return or subsidy or in some other material way.
Europeans employed on State Railways were usually on the strength of the '''[[Public Works Department]]'''
==== Railway occupations ====
==== Anglo-Indians ====
[[Anglo Indian|Anglo-Indians]] became closely identified with the running of the railways. By 1905, forming less than ½% of India's total population, they provided 2% of railway employees. Eventually more than 50% of all Anglo-Indian families came to be supported by railway employment either directly or as a dependant of a railway employee.
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_classes&source_class=323 An Index and Description of Employment Contracts issued to experienced UK Railwaymen who were selected to work for various Indian Railways]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===
== Recommended Reading ==
*Hugh Wilding, ''Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947'', FIBIS Fact File No 4 (London: FIBIS, 2009). ISBN 978-0-9547-116-5-8. This title can be ordered directly from the [httphttps://shopwww.fibis.org/store/ FIBIS Shop]
*Hyde Clarke, [http://books.google.com/books?id=PGcBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=simla&as_brr=1&output=html ''Colonization, Defence, and Railways in our Indian Empire''] (London: John Weale, 1857).
*[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.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC8754A97881FF003 FIBIS List of Railway videos on YouTube]
*[http://www.essaysinhistory.com/articles/2011/5 ""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''
*[http://www.trains-worldexpresses.com/400/410.htm Imperial Indian Mail <nowiki>[</nowiki>and other trains<nowiki>]</nowiki>] trains-worldexpresses.com
*[http://www.indiaofthepast.org/contribute-memories/read-contributions/life-back-then/341-railway-travel-in-the-raj "Railway Travel in the Raj"] by Kenneth Hugh Staynor. indiaofthepast.org. The author travelled by trains in India from the 1930s to 1951.
====Historical photographs online====
*[http://umedia.lib.umn.edu/dasearch/Railroads--India?mode=basic Photographs classified Railways India] University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
==== Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=StwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Railways in India, by an engineer''] 1847 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rWrXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Indian railways and their probable results''] by Sir William Patrick Andrew 1848 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/investmentinempi0000thor/page/n5 ''Investment in Empire; British railway and steam shipping enterprise in India, 1825-1849''] by Daniel Thorner 1950. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LNApAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Madras: Report of the Railway Department 1853''] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZD8KAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Colonization, defence, and railways in our Indian empire''] by Hyde Clarke 1857 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''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36207 pub. 1898], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515323 Part. 2 (1899-1900) pub.1900], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36147 pub. 1901],[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.95265 1901, pub. 1902], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57423 pub. 1906], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.94040 pub. 1907]. Archive.org, mirrors from Digital Library of India.
:Also see the Fibiwiki page [[Annual Administration Reports for Railways]] for additional years.
*[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
* ''Summary Of The Administration Of The Earl Of Minto Viceroy And Governor Of India In The Railway Department Nov 1905- July 1910'' 1910 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207818 Archive.org version].
*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/page/n1/mode/2up ''Government of India Railway Department (Railway Board): History of Indian Railways Constructed and in Progress. Corrected up to 31 March 1937''] 1938 Archive.org:''Railway Department History of Indian Railways'' 1951. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57645 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Title as catalogued, appears to be a similar report to that immediately above. Poor quality digital file.*''Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Year Book 1939-1940'' has a section on India, commencing 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 [httphttps://dliarchive.sercorg/details/in.iiscernet.ernetdli.in/handle/2015/.225200 pdf downloadArchive.org version].*''Railways in Modern India'' by Ian Kerr 1957. [httphttps://dliarchive.sercorg/details/in.iiscernet.ernetdli.in/handle/2015/57645 ''Railway Department History of Indian Railways''.136294 Archive.org version] 1951. Pdf download, mirror from Digital Library of India.*[httphttps://dliarchive.serc.iisc.ernet.inorg/details/historyofindianr00gskh/page/handlen5/2015mode/136294 2up ''A History of Indian Railways In Modern India''] by Lan G.S. Khosla 1988. Archive.org. Published by Ministry of Railways (Ian?Railway Board) Kerr 1957. Pdf download, Digital Library Government of India.
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