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The ‘Railway Conference’ was first established in 1879. The periodic meetings of the Conference brought senior railway officials together to formulate policies and procedures that would enhance inter-line cooperation and coordination <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=TPB5RTODBJAC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=related:DzaXcOnJFUllxM:scholar.google.com/&ots=6f9_4eOOAC&sig=c8uUUmZ_hq54k9zTZH1kyt8sAjs#v=onepage&q=Conference&f=false Google Books "India's Railway History: A Research Handbook" by John Hurd II, Ian J. Kerr, page 15]; Retrieved 26 Jun 2016</ref>. This by developing rules and regulations for booking of traffic and interchange of trains between railways; also to act as a consultative Committee and as a Board of Arbitration <ref name= IRCA>[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/IRCA/index.jsp Indian Railways "Indian Railway Conference Association"]; Retrieved 26 Jun 2016</ref>. The 'Indian Railway Conference Association ' (IRCA) came into existence in the year 1902. At that time railway network in India consisted of 19 privately owned separate railways systems covering a total of 8,475 miles (13,640 km). Each company had formulated its own rules and regulations regarding charging, booking and carriage of Passengers and Goods. Due to multiplicity of rules the user was very much inconvenienced. With a view IRCA was formed to overcome the difficulties in regard to different rules and regulations and to frame rules regarding movement of wagons of one railway system over the other, the Indian Railway Conference Association was formed in the year 1902. Initially the Association was constituted to frame rules and regulations for booking of traffic and interchange of trains between railways, to act as a consultative Committee and as a Board of Arbitration. <ref name= IRCA>[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/IRCA/index.jsp Indian Railways "Indian Railway Conference Association"]; Retrieved 16 Jun 2016</ref>

==1911 Meeting PhotographConference Phographic Records==<blockquote>*'''Photographs''' - we have detailed the delegates from Left to Right and with back row mentioned first, leaving the front row to be the last mentioned (thus corresponding to the photograph).*'''Names''' - delegate surmames are stated with either 'Mr' or first name(s) as initial(s). Wherever it has been possible we have given the first name(s) in full and linked to the [[File:Indian Category:Railway People|Notable Railway Conference Association 1911 SeptPerson]] page where available.JPG*'''Railway Companies, Government Departments''' - where we have been able to identify we have used the appropriate [[:Category:Rail Sysyem Abbreviations|thumb|Indian Railway ‎Railway System Abbreviations]].</blockquote> '''1898 Conference Association 1911 Sept''' IOR Shelfmark <ref>British Library IOR Shelfmark Photo 1082/13(1)</ref> "Photo 1082/13(1) Group portrait of delegates, identified as follows on mount":*Back row: Col. Henry Brackenbury(GoI), Mr [[Alfred Brereton]], Mr Walker, Col.[[Richard Gardiner]](EIR), Mr Rutherford, Mr [[Francis Langford O'Callaghan]](GoI-PWD), Mr Partridge, Mr Jacob, Mr [[James Condor]](RMR), Mr Moss, Mr Wright.*Front row: Mr Goodfellow, Mr [[Alexander Izat]](R&KR; DKR), Mr Neville, Mr Barnett, Col. R.A. Sergeaunt(GoI) , Mr [[Henry Parsall Burt]](GoI), Mr Pendlbury(NGSR?), Mr [[David Logan]] Photograph courtesey Mike Muirhead June 2016(SIR);