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'''R A Way''' was a British Engineer and appointed by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) to investigate several railway projects.
*'''[[Assam-Burma Connection Railway Project|Assam-Burma Connection Railway]]''' was surveyed by R.A.Way and reported in 1896 on three possible routes:-
**'''Coast Route''' Chittagong on the Assam-Bengal Railway along the Arakan coast and over the An Pass to the Chindwin river in Burma;
**'''Manipur Route''' From the neighbourhood of Lumding on the Assam-Bengal Railway, by way of Manipur, into tho Kubaw valley at Taromu, and thence, crossing the Chindwin river near Yuwa, to a junction with the Mu Valley Railway in Burma near Wuntho.
**'''Hukoig Valley Route''' From Ledo on the Dibrugarh-Sadiya Railway in the north- east corner of Assam, via the Hukong Valley, to a junction with the Mu Valley Railway in the neighbourhood of Mogaung ; the .
*'''[[Tirhoot State Railway]]'''(TSR); Executive Engineer in charge of the construction of the [[Gunduck Bridge]] completed in 1887 and consisted of 5 spans of 250 feet with a half mile viaduct on one bank of the river.
[[Category:Railway People|Way, R A]]
[[Category:People|Way, R A]]
*'''[[Assam-Burma Connection Railway Project|Assam-Burma Connection Railway]]''' was surveyed by R.A.Way and reported in 1896 on three possible routes:-
**'''Coast Route''' Chittagong on the Assam-Bengal Railway along the Arakan coast and over the An Pass to the Chindwin river in Burma;
**'''Manipur Route''' From the neighbourhood of Lumding on the Assam-Bengal Railway, by way of Manipur, into tho Kubaw valley at Taromu, and thence, crossing the Chindwin river near Yuwa, to a junction with the Mu Valley Railway in Burma near Wuntho.
**'''Hukoig Valley Route''' From Ledo on the Dibrugarh-Sadiya Railway in the north- east corner of Assam, via the Hukong Valley, to a junction with the Mu Valley Railway in the neighbourhood of Mogaung ; the .
*'''[[Tirhoot State Railway]]'''(TSR); Executive Engineer in charge of the construction of the [[Gunduck Bridge]] completed in 1887 and consisted of 5 spans of 250 feet with a half mile viaduct on one bank of the river.
[[Category:Railway People|Way, R A]]
[[Category:People|Way, R A]]
