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== History ==[[File:Mu Valley State Railway.png|thumb| Mu Valley State Railway]]Following The MVSR, ''shown in Blue on map'', from Sagaing, on the arrival opposite bank of the Irrawaddy River facing [[Sittang Valley State RailwayMandalay]] at Mandalay, construction began on a new the line from opened in stages reaching [[Wuntho]], 152 miles(244km) in 1892 and onward via Na Bar (Naba) and Mohnyin reaching [[SagaingMogung]] , total 294 miles(473km) in March 1896. From Na Bar (Naba/Nada) a short 15 mile(24km) branch to Katha opened in Oct 1895. The final 37 miles(60km) onward to [[Myitkyina]], opened by 1898 was under construction when the IVSR was transferred to the [[Burma Railway|Burma Railway Company]] in 1896 <ref name=nameAdmin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n180/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 171 (pdf180) ]; Retrieved 18 Apr 2018</ref>.
==Personnel==However the following staff have been identified from other sources:-
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The '''Mu Valley State Railway''' (MVSR) was the third metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|metre gauge (MG)]]) railway to be constructed in Burma. In 1896''The first being the [[Irrawaddy Valley State Railway]] (IVSR), management of the MVSR passed to which had opened in 1877; followed by the newly formed [[Burma Sittang Valley State Railway]] Company.<ref name=name>(SVSR) which finally reached [[http://en.wikipediaMandalay]] in 1889.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma Wikipedia "History of Rail Transport in Burma"]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2016</ref> ''
In 1896, management of the MVSR passed to the newly formed [[Burma Railway]] Company.<ref name=wiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma Wikipedia "History of Rail Transport in Burma"]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2016</ref> = Records =Personnel==
Although there do not appear to be any MVSR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]], the names of staff transferred to the successor company may appear in [[Burma Railway]] records.
*[[John Walker Buyers]] from [[Public Works Department]](PWD)posted as Engineer-in-Chief to Mu Valley State Railway <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA454 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 454 (pdf page 417)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>, he was in 1890 transferred to Burma Railway.
*[[Hugh Lewin Monk]] deployed from the Railway Branch of the PWD to Mu Valley State Railway: 1889, P.A to Chief Engineer; 1891, Engineer-in-chief; 1892, Superintending Engineer <ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA569 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 569 (pdf page 532)] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>.
*[[Frederick Robert Bagley]] from PWD; 1890, Mu Valley Railway Survey, Superintending Engineer <ref name=icl> India Civil List 1890, page 40/41</ref>.
*[[Ronald Chapman Beeston]] from PWD; 1890, Mu Valley Railway Survey, Superintending Engineer <ref name=icl/>
==Later History==
The SVSR was merged with other State railways in 1896 to form the [[Burma Railway|'''Burma State Railway Company''']] (BR):-.
* ‘[[Sittang Valley State Railway]]’(SVSR), from [[Rangoon]] to [[Toungoo]], became the ‘BR Sittang Section ’
* ‘[[Irrawaddy Valley State Railway]]’ (IVSR), from [[Rangoon]] to [[Prome]], became the ‘BR Irrawaddy Section’
* ‘Mu Valley State Railway’(MVSR), from [[Sagaing]], on the opposite bank of the Irrawaddy River facing [[Mandalay]] was under construction in 1896, later becoming the ‘BR Mu Valley Section ’
==Further Information==
