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=== Records =and employment ==
=== External Links ===
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India : New edition . . . in Council''] (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908-1931 [v. 1, 1909])
Indian Railways, [http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1.htm "Evolution of Indian Railways - Historical Background," ''Indian Railway Administration and Finance'']== External Links ==
Section 9 of [http://homemikes.alphalinkrailhistory.comrailfan.aunet/~agilbert/mills1r144.html "Some Comments on Stereotypes of the Anglo-IndiansModern transport in India"] by Megan Stuart Mills from ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian StudiesMike's Railway History'' (Vol 1, Number 2, 1996) is about railway people.
Makeover by author
*[[:Category:Indian States Railways|Indian States Railways]] were those built or promoted, often on similar terms to those above, by the various Princely States.
*[[:Category:Foreign Railways|Foreign Railways]]. Three small railways were built to serve foreign enclaves. These were managed by British companies but ownership of the lines could never vest in the GOI.
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For a full list of railways known to have operated in British India, follow the link below.
It is important to bear in mind that railway staff records created in India before 1947 remain in India, as do the records of railways built, owned or operated by the Indian Princely States. The records that survive today in the collections held at the British Library (and elsewhere) do so because they were originally created in the UK.<br>Also refer [[Railway worker]]
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]. ==== Railway occupations ==== Collections of railway records are generally by railway company so it is a good idea to know which railway company an ancestor worked for. In addition, very few collections of railway records are indexed so it is also a good idea to know the trade or employment followed on the railway as occupations were often grouped together when published in staff lists and registers. Even in [[Directories reading list|Thacker's]], this will be found to be the case in the individual railway company entries. More information about railway occupations can be found [[railway worker|here]]. ==== 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 emplyoment either directly or as a dependant of a railway employee. == 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 [http://shop.fibis.org/amazon.htm FIBIS Online 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).
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].]
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].
Laura Bear, ''Lines of the Nation'' (New York: Columbia, 2007) [essential but uncomfortable reading for Anglo-Indians with railway roots].
[http://wwwdsal.irfcauchicago.orgedu/indexreference/gazetteer/ ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India : New edition .html The Indian Railways Fan Club. . in Council'']Vol 1, 1909 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908-1931).
Indian Railways, [http://mikeswww.railhistoryindianrailways.railfangov.netin/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/r144AdminFinanceCh1.html Mikehtm "Evolution of Indian Railways - Historical Background"] ''s Indian Railway History] "Modern transport in India"Administration and Finance''.
[http://pakistanrailwww.comirfca.org/ index.html ''The Indian Railways Fan Club''] Train spotters site about Pakistan Indian Railways].
[http://books.googlepakistanrail.com/books?id=tp4IAAAAQAAJ ''Report to the Secretary of State for India in Council on Railways in IndiaPakistanRail''] (Google Books) contains three reports (to the end of the Year 1859; at June 1877; and 1877-1878). Each report is separately numbered. There are a few comments Train spotters site about schools, education and children eg [http://books.google.com/books?id=tp4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA11 1878]Pakistan Railways.
Juland Danvers, [http://homebooks.alphalinkgoogle.com.au/~agilbert/onjama~1.html "EIR at Jamalpur - Anglo-Indian Railway Officers"] by Blair Williams books?id=tp4IAAAAQAAJ ''The International Journal Report to the Secretary of Anglo-Indian StudiesState for India in Council on Railways in India'' (Volume 6], Number 2compilation of three reports, 2001)viz to end of 1859; at June 1877; and for 1877-1878 [each report is separately numbered]. Online at Google Books.
