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Baripada-Talbond Railway

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The '''Baripada-Talbond Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) en extension to the NG [[Mayurbhanj Railway]], owned by private company; worked by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR)<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 11]; Retrieved 19 Dec 2015</ref>. The line opened in 1920
The ==Records==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 opened search of the IOR records relating to this railway<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L /F/8/20/1682''' “Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company Limited, Contract for the maintenance, management and working of the Mayurbhanj Railway and the Baripada-Talbond extension” This railway was worked by a State Railway and the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are held :-*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946" *'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in 1920the UK; 1855-1946"
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