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<br> [[SIR Railway Workshops|'''See alsoSIR '' [[SIR Railway Workshops' ''']]
Following these amalgamations the SIR network was classified as the 'Metre Gauge' and the 'Broad Gauge' Divisions <big><big>[[South Indian Railway - Lines Owned and Worked|''''See Also South Indian Railway - Lines Owned and Worked'''' gives for full information and details.]]</big></big>
1937 Map added and text corrections
[[File: South Indian Railway 1909.png|thumb| South Indian Railway 1909]]
[[File: South Indian Railway 1931.png|thumb| South Indian Railway 1931]]
[[File:South India Railway System 1937 Map.png|thumb| South Indian Railway System 1937]]
'''South Indian Railway'''
*1860, [[Negapatam]] workshops established by the [[Great Southern of India Railway]] and taken over by SIR in 1872.
*1928, [[SIR Central Workshops, Golden Rock, Trichinopoly]] capable of handling both BG and MG stock <ref> Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951", pages 105 </ref>.
==SIR Schools==
**[[Palghat Branch Line]]. Palakkad Junction(Olavakode) to [[Palghat]]. Constructed, owned and worked by MR up to 31 Dec 1907, then transferred to SIR. Opened 1888, 2.5 miles(4km)
*At this time the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines north of [[Katpadi]] were relinquished and became part of the newly formed '[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'. The SIR only retained the [[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section]]*These amalgamations the SIR network was classified as the 'Metre Gauge' and the 'Broad Gauge' Divisions
== Records ==
The above is indexed in:
*'''Z/L/AG/46''' "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways, 1849-1925"
[[South Indian Railway Personnel|''''See also South Indian Railway Personnel'''' gives for details of notable SIR staff from many different sources.]]
*These have been listed by SIR Department and in Chronological order.
*The entries link to the [[:Category:Railway People|Notable Railway People]] pages.
