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Originally constructed to metre gauge, the ==History==The '''Sind-Sagar Railway''' was later originally constructed by the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]](PNSR) as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) State Railway from [[Lala Musa]] to [[Malakwal]] in 1880, a distance of 37 miles(59km) <ref name=Admin107>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n116/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 107, pdf page 116]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2017</ref>. This line formed a branch to the PNSR line from [[Lahore]] via [[Lala Musa]] to [[Jhelum]] which had opened in 1873 as a MG line and converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) in 1878 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n116/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 106, pdf page 115]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2017</ref>.  In 1886 some early records the line was called the ‘Sind-Sagar (Salt Branch) Railway’. Salman Rashid writes “Nearing the end of the 19th century, the salt mines at Khewra were fully functional on modern lines and delivering up large quantities of fine rock salt every month. The earlier camel trains to the eastern section marts east of the Jhelum River or the river journey upstream and down were slow and cumbersome. A rail connection to Khewra was amlagamted the answer” <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/sind-sagar.html Worth its salt: The Sind Sagar Railway by Salman Rashid, 2013]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2017</ref>. The salt mines were connected to the PNSR at [[Malakwal]] by the ‘[[Khewra Salt Mines Tramway|’ Khewra Salt Mines Tramway’ - see separate page]]. In 1886 the Sind-Sagar Railway was amalgamated with other railways to form the [[North-Western State Railway]](NWR) and railway line from [[Lala Musa]] to [[Malukwal]] was converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) <ref name=Admin107/>. The '''[[Chak-Nizam Bridge]]''', also known as the '''Victoria Bridge''' was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the [[Shahpur]] district about 100 miles north-west of [[Lahore]] and connected [[Jhelum]] to [[Lahore]]. Following amalgamation the railway became known as the ‘NWR Frontier Section (Military) Sind-Sagar Mainline’. The completion of the [[Chenab Bridge, Shershar|Chenab Bridge]] in 1890 connecting to [[Shershar]] <ref name=Admin107/>.  After 1947, the line became the '''Shorkot-Lalamusa Branch Line''' which begins from Shorkot Cantonment Junction station and ends at Lalamusa Junction station. The total length of this railway line is 314 kilometers (195 mi). There are 42 railway stations from Shorkot Junction to Lalamusa Junction <ref>[http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Shorkot%E2%80%93Lalamusa_Branch_Line Wikiwand “Shorkot-Lalamusa Branch Line” ]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2017</ref>. ==Personnel in chronological order ==No Staff Records are available at the [[British Library]] [[India Office Records]]  The following personnel have been identified from various sources as being posted to this railway:-*[[James Ramsay]], Executive Engineer from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD) was Engineer-in-Chief of the Sind-Sagar Railwayin early 1880's <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA595 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558)] Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016</ref>. He was also Engineer-in-Chief of the [[Chak-Nizam Bridge]] that was completed in 1887 <ref name=sketch>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IcGwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=Sind-Sagar+Railway&source=bl&ots=YG60t7pX5D&sig=KmrjM8ls0tWpKlm1ls37RkbFfFE&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt2syilPLNAhWPSxoKHU8UCjQQ6AEIWzAJ#v=onepage&q=Sind-Sagar%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218]; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016</ref>. *[[Frederick Robert Upcott]], was Engineer-in-Charge of the [[Chak-Nizam Bridge]] as part of the Sind-Sagar Railway that was completed in 1887 <ref name=sketch/>. Tthe account also adds Mr Boydell, Executive Engineer and Mr J Spence, Sub-Engineer*[[Francis Langford O'Callaghan]], 1884-85, posted from [[State Railways]] as Chief Engineer, Survey of the Sind-Sagar Railway <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.457 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "]; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016</ref>. *[[Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne]], c.1884, Executive Engineer posted from PWD for 'short stint' to Sind-Sagar Railway <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Trevredyn_Rashleigh_Wynne Grace's Guide "Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne"]; Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016</ref>.  == References ==<references /> ==Further Information==See '''[[North-Western State Railway]]'''