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Sind-Sagar Railway

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Originally constructed to metre gauge, the The '''Sind-Sagar Railway''' was later converted to broad originally constructed as a metre gauge. In 1886 the eastern section of the was amlagamted with other railways to form the ([[North-Western Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) State Railway <ref name=admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n116/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 107, pdf page 116]].; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016</ref>
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 [[Malakwal]] was converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) <ref name=admin/>.  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]]. The '''NWR Sind-Sagar Branch''' was the new name for the line and continued to be extetended with branch lines and designated as part of the the 'Frontier Section - Military Line' <ref name=admin/>.  ==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 Railway in the 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 21 May 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>.
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