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The [[Sindia State Railway]] construction commenced in 1876 and the Engineers-in-Charge being [[William Mitchell Michell]] and [[Horace Bell]].
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Sindia_State_Railway Graces Guide "Sindia State Railway"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref name=name>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 28 Jan May 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''V/24/3589''' “India. Public Works Department: Administration report on the construction of the Sindia State Railway, 1874/75"
*'''R/V/24/3590'''; "Public Works Department: Railways" which includes "Administration report on the construction of the [Sindia State] Railway, 1878/79”
*'''L/F/8/13/953 ''' “Indian Midland Railway Company Limited, Contract as to the Indian Midand Railway Company maintaining and working the Sindia State Railway; 1890"
