The Sind–Sagar Railway was originally constructed as a

Metre Gauge Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...

railway line from

Lala Musa Lala Musa (; ur, , pa, ), is a city located in the Gujrat District of the Punjab province, Pakistan with a population of 91,500 in 2018. History Toponymy Lala Musa is a combination of two nouns which mean Brother Musa with ''Lala'' (from va ...

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. In 1886 the Sind–Sagar Railway was amalgamated with other railways to form the

North Western State Railway The North Western State Railway (NWR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway, the Indus Valley State Railway, the Punjab Northern State Railway, the eastern section of the Sind–Sagar Railway and the ...

and railway line from was converted to

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." Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 107, pdf page 116
Retrieved 15 Jul 2016 The Chak Nizam Bridge, also known as Victoria Bridge, was completed in early 1887 over the

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and connected

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. The ''NWR Sind-Sagar Branch Line'' was the new name for the line and continued to be extended with branch lines and designated as part of the 'Frontier Section - Military Line'.

Sections

Lala Musa–Malakwal Railway

* Lala Musa Junction– Malakwal Junction (today part of the

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)

Malakwal–Khushab Railway

* Malakwal Junction– Khushab Junction

Dandot Light Railway

Gharibwal Cement Works Railway

The Gharibwal Cement Works Railway opened in May 1886 as a railway from Haranpur Junction to

Gharibwal Gharibwal ( ur, , Gharīb Vāl) is a village that is a part of the Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil of Jhelum District in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is located between the Khewra Salt Mines, Asia's largest salt mine, and the Jhelum River near Ghar ...

. It was built to serve the Gharibwal quarry.

Malakwal–Bhera Railway

* Malakwal Junction–

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via Miani, Hazurpur

Personnel

No staff records are available at the

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. The following personnel have been identified from various sources as being posted to this railway: * James Ramsay, Executive Engineer from the

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(PWD) was Engineer-in-Chief of the Sind–Sagar Railwayin early 1880s. He was also Engineer-in-Chief of the Chak-Nizam Bridge that was completed in 1887.Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218
Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016 * Frederick Robert Upcott, was Engineer-in-Charge of the Chak-Nizam Bridge as part of the Sind–Sagar Railway that was completed in 1887. The account also adds Mr Boydell, Executive Engineer and Mr J Spence, Sub-Engineer * Francis Langford O'Callaghan, 1884–85, posted from State Railways as Chief Engineer, Survey of the Sind–Sagar Railway. *

Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne Sir Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne (1853–1942) was the Managing Director of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company from 1915 until 1930 when he became Chairman. During his long career he expanded the length of the Indian Railways by more than 5 times its ...

, c.1884, Executive Engineer posted from PWD for 'short stint' to Sind–Sagar Railway.Grace's Guide "Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne"
Retrieved on 14 Jul 2016

References

*''The spelling of Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway is variable. Scinde and Punjaub are the spellings adopted in the legislation - see "Government Statute Law Repeals 2012" pages 134-135, paragraphs 3.78-3.83''. H.M. Government "Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; pages 134-135, paragraphs 3.78-3.83
Retrieved on 14 Jun 2016

External links

Fairlawn School was established as Scind, Punjaub and Delhi Railway School, Mussoorie in 1877

Thacker's "1872 Scinde, Punjab and Delhi Railway Personnel"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sind-Sagar Railway Defunct railway companies of Pakistan