Barker. Mr Thomas Barker.

Railway Commissioner.

Barton. Mr Edwin Barton

Assistant Engineer in charge of Railway surveys from 1857- . Surveyed aborted Grose River route, Lithgow Zig-Zag..... 

Cowderey. Mr George Cowderey

Resident engineer for Lithgow Zig Zag construction.

Cracknell. Mr E.C. Cracknell

Superintendent of Telegraphs

Hawkins. Captain Hawkins, Royal Engineers, Railway Commisioner.

".....no practical line for either a railway or a tramway..... exists between the Cox & Colo Rivers..... a direct line between Sydney & Bathurst cannot be obtained."

Higgins. Mr Patrick Higgins

Contractor, Lithgow Zig-Zag.

Larkin & Wakeford

Track laying contractors.

Mann. Captain Mann.

Chief Railways Commisioner.

Martindale. Captain Benjamin Martindale, Royal Engineers. 

Chief Commissioner for Railways & Internal Communications from 1857- .

Melrose

Surveyor. Lithgow Zig-Zag..... 

Townshend. Mr George William Townshend

Employed by the Works Department before taking leave to work on his Colo River Railway scheme. Stood for the Seat of Hawkesbury to push his scheme.

Watkins. Mr William Watkins

Contractor, earthworks.

Whitton. Mr John Whitton. 1819-? 

Appointed Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, in 1857, at £1500/year. Known as "The Father of NSW Railways". Arrived in 1856, aged 35, with assistant engineers Barton, Bridgeman, Druitt & Mason. In his 33 year career, over 2000 miles (3200km) of railway were built, an investment of £30 million sterling.

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