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Secunderabad was the location for the headquarters of the [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], the first of several [[:Category:Indian States Railways|railways]] to be constructed by the Indian princely states.
The Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Workshop of the Nizam State Railway (NSR) was established in 1893 and was located at Lallaguda (Lalaguda)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151225122257/http://www.newswala.com/Hyderabad-News/Prestigious-INTACH-Heritage-Award-for-SCRs-Carriage-Workshop-155394.html Prestigious INTACH Heritage Award for SCR's Carriage Workshop] newswala.com, now archived.</ref>, part of Secunderabad, together with the railway colony.
==Description in 1837==
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/largeimage60362.html Photograph: St John's Church, Secunderabad] with [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho000001056u00012000.html description] British Library Online Gallery
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars1940/sets/72157637640340573 Photographs: Secunderabad, remains of the British Raj] The Parade Ground Cemetery, or Protestant Cemetery (Church of St John the Baptist), Secunderabad. A collection on flickr.com, from Wattman (Museum van mijn 20e eeuw), taken January 2013.
*An India List post<ref> India List post Taylor, Rosemary. [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/INDIAindia.rootsweb.com/2011-07thread/1316210/1309878907 Alfred Madgwick] by Rosemary Taylor''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 5 July 2011.Retrieved 2 January 2020.</ref> indicates that the priest at St Mary's Church in Secunderabad, c 1904, resented having to send the ecclesiastical returns which in turn led to one of the marriage registers being lost.
*[http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/ko0983-01.htm Photo Gallery: Accommodation for Soldiers and Officers: Plan of Barracks and Accommodation at Secunderabad, India, 1843] King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster.
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-S.htm#Secunderabad RAF Secunderabad] rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014)
