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*The National Archives catalogue reference [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13155&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=3000*-2251848&MARKERSCN= War Diary of 2 Indian Railway Construction Battalion] '''WO 95/5246'''. (Probably, but not definitely, a unit in Mesopotamia). A War Diary was a daily record of events kept by units in active service.
*[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/iraq/armoured-car-on-rails-in-mesopotamia Armoured car on rails in Mesopotamia] from Railways of Iraq. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131115083411/http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/iraq/armoured-car-on-rails-in-mesopotamia archive.org link]). [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7700258@N05/937652064 Photo] originally from flickr.com
*[http://fuchs-online.com/iraq/files/The_Railway_Magazine_April_1928.pdf "The Railways of Mesopotamia"] by Richard Coke from ''The Railway Magazine'' April 1928 from fuchs-online.com. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffuchs-online.com%2Firaq%2Ffiles%2FThe_Railway_Magazine_April_1928.pdf html version] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120722151150/http://fuchs-online.com/iraq/files/The_Railway_Magazine_April_1928.pdf archive.org link])* Article [http://www.jstor.org/stable/25121975 "The Bagdad Railway"] by H. Charles Woods ''The North American Review'' Vol. 208, No. 753 (Aug., 1918), pp. 219-228 jstor.org. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131123060135/http://jfredmacdonald.com/worldwarone1914-1918/ottoman-17bagdad-railway.html "The Bagdad RailwayTranscribed version] by H. Charles Woods F.R.G.S. ''The North American Review'', August 1917. jfredmacdonald.com, /archive.org version. Discusses the Turkish railway system.:For more about the Baghdad Railway see [[Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Railway Baghdad Railway] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Republic_Railways Iraqi Republic Railways] Wikipedia
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/railwaysinwester00pico ''Railways in Western Asia''] by Lieutenant-Colonel H Picot Indian Army (Retired). Published by the Central Asian Society, London 1904 Archive.org.
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023464681.0x000002 ''Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission appointed by the Government of India... to enquire into questions connected with the organisation and administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia''] 1918. Qatar Digital Library, originally British Library IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/1.This book is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206468 pdf download]. The [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206468 Archive.org version]. **[British Libraryhttp://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023203943.0x000001 2 Maps]] also holds two maps published in conjunction issued with the reportincluding "Railway Map of Basra and Magil". IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/2. Qatar Digital Library.
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