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It There was a temporary lineno further progress until 1866 when the military logistics of the Punjab was being considered. A letter <ref> Mss Eur F90/27, opened cno.32; “Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence” ; 27 Aug 1866</ref>from Cranbourne to Lawrence carries the following IOR Contents note:- ''“...proposes to suspend work on Peshawar barracks, pending construction of Lahore-Peshawar railway, and in view of unhealthiness of area, cost, and uncertainty regarding number of troops required to be stationed there; asks whether Peshawar valley could be held with native troops in ordinary times; Council divided whether railway should be built by Govt or Guaranteed Company;..1875.”''
With othersFinally, following further exchanges, as can be seen from the Punjab Northern State Railway was merged with the [[SindIOR Records, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] in 1886 to form the '''North-Western State Railway''' 1868 a team of Government of India(later the [[North Western RailwayGovernment of India |GoI]])appointed Engineers (see ‘Personnel’) commenced construction.
Complete rewrite with IOR 'References/Reecords'
The '''Lahore & Peshawar Railway''' in the Punjab was formed first surveyed in 1857-58 by deployment of a team of Engineers from the Sind Railway Company <ref> Z/E/4/31/R127; “Railways, Engineers, Sind Railway Company, Lately employed on surveys of Moultan and Amritzar to be employed to survey country between 1870 Lahore and 1871 Peshawar”; 1857-1858</ref><ref> Z/E/4/31/S404; “Sind Railway Company, Recommended employment of certain engineers to run from [[survey country between Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]]. It was named the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]]'''(PNSR) and Peshawar”; 1857-1858</ref>
Political and military debate continued even once construction had begun
<ref> Mss Eur B380/4, f357; “Letter from Mayo to Argyll”; 17 May 1870</ref>
as see in the IOR Contents note:- ''‘Need for early decision on gauge of Indus Valley railway line since it impinges on question whether Lahore-Peshawar line should be standard or narrow gauge; outlines arguments for narrow gauge on both these lines including military implications; asks Argyll to see Col Strachey on subject’.''
The line from [[Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]] was finally opened in 1876 and was named the '''[[Punjab Northern State Railway]]''' and was the first railway in India to have been taken under GOI control.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Punjab Northern State Railway]] '''
==Personnel==
10 names of Engineers for year 1868 are found by ‘Search’ on IOR Records<ref name=name/> for Lahore and Peshawar Railway:-
*L/F/8/6/576; Glinn, George James Hervey Engineer
*L/F/8/7/632; Kelsey, Walter Engineer
*L/F/8/6/513; Bull, Charles Albert 4th Class Executive Engineer
*L/F/8/8/753; Storey, Henry Francis 3rd Class Executive Engineer
*L/F/8/7/637; Lambert, Henry 2nd Class Executive Engineer
*L/F/8/6/571; Gallott, Joseph Louis 2nd Class Executive Engineer
*L/F/8/8/752; Stokes, James Folliott 1st Class Executive Engineer
*L/F/8/7/613; Hogarth, David Francis 3rd Class Executive Engineer
*L/F/8/7/638; Digges la Touche, Henry Christopher 2nd Class Executive Engineer
== References ==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] 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 9 Apr 2016</ref>
Gives a number of references, the most relevant being cited above:-
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