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Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway - Personnel
- a sub-section of Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway(BB&CIR) page.
Unfortunately, there are no BB&CIR staff records held in the India Office Records at the British Library.
The following records have been found from various sources:-
- BB&CIR Agents and Chief Engineeers
- Arthur William Forde. 1855-60; BB&CIR, Chief Engineer [1].
- Henry James Bennett Hargrave. 1859, joined the BB&CIR, he rose to the position of Chief Engineer; 1866-70, Engineer on the BB&CIR Bombay Back Bay Reclamation Scheme Railway [2], he rose to the position of Chief Engineer [3]. Comment - it is not known how long he remained with BB&CIR as Chief Engineer.
- F.Mathew, Agent and Chief Engineer BB&CIR 1879 and 1880 ‘Railway Conference’ delegate
- BB&CIR Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendents
- E Sydney Luard , Chief Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent for BB&CIR, Bombay Control of Locomotive and Carriage Department; redesigned and rebuilt those workshops; redesigned the rolling stock [4]. In 1892 represented BB&CIR at the Indian Railway Conference Association, Lahore. 'Locomotive Superintendents Conference' [5].
- Frederick James Page,1909, BB&CIR, Assistant Locomotive Superintendent. He held various responsible positions with BB&CIR for nearly twenty-five years, and was concerned with the electrification of the Bombay suburban lines [6].
- BB&CIR Executive and Senior Engineers
- James Robert Tickell was posted from State Railways to BB&CIR , from 1885 on loan as Assistant Engineer; Executive Engineer, 1893 and still in post 1905 [7].
- William Ernest Napper, Executive Engineer BB&CIR 1920-38 see biography
References
- ↑ Grace’s Guide ‘Arthur William Forde’; Retrieved 25 May 2020
- ↑ Grace’s Guide ‘Henry James Bennett Hargrave’; Retrieved 25 May 2020
- ↑ ‘Irish Architects Dictionary’; Retrieved 25 May 2020
- ↑ Grace's Guide "Who's Who in Engineering 1922 Name L"; Retrieved 26 Jul 2016
- ↑ The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review "Indian locomotive superintendents of the nineties", Volume 31, Number 393, 15 May 1925, page 133+ plate; Retrieved 26 Jul 2016
- ↑ Grace's Guide "Frederick James Page"; Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016
- ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 630 (pdf page 593) Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016