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Mandra Bhaun Railway

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Full revision all checked ( Records & IOR reference added)
"Managed, maintained and worked by NWR as if it were part of its system".
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n124/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 116]; Retrieved 19 Dec 201526 Jan 2016</ref>
The line of 46 miles (74 km) and conveyed passengers, goods and ore from this mineral rich area.
It was transferred to Pakistan on partition in 1947 and since been abandoned and dismantled .
==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 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 26 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/18/1384''' “ Mandra-Bhon Railway, Indenture; 1914" ''(Note spelling error in Catalogue - Bhaun is correct, not Bhon)''
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