When researching the subject I came across references and images from the Library of Congress including those at the the Brigham Young University Library collection and the Faviell Collection of photographs at the Cambridge University Digital Library and many other sources. A number of these volumes were available using the Inter Library Lending (ILL) system of the Fairfax County Public Library (FPCL) where I found an old copy of – G.F. Perera’s The Ceylon Railways -. There are a number of interesting books on Ceylon, the Railways, some quite readable, including a few dry graduate papers on the Asian Transport sector, thesis of no great depth, Here is a short list of recommended books you may want to review.
- Davy, John An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and its Inhabitants, with travels in that island, London 1821
- De Silva, Colvin R., Ceylon Under the British Occupation 1795-1833 Colombo 1953
- De silva, L. S. and Mendis, D. L. O. A History of the Sri Lanka Government Railway
- Emerson, Ceylon, An account of the Island, Physical Historical and Topographical, Two Volumes, London 1859
- Ferguson, John Ceylon in 1884, London 1869
- Fernando, Hemasiri Essays on Ceylon Railways, (1864-1964) 2017
- Knox, Robert, Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon, London 1861
- Munasinghe, Indrani The Colonial Economy on Track , Roads and Railways in Sri Lanka 1800-1905, Colombo 2002
- Nandasena, S and Wickremeratne, V Ceylon Railway Heritage by K.A.
- Peeligama, Udaya Essays in Railroading (Darshana Marketing Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd.)
- Perera, G.F The Ceylon Railway: The Story of Its Inception and Progress Ceylon Observer, 1925 – Railroads – 297 pages
- Shepherd, Ernie The Atock/Attock Family A Worldwide Engineering Dynasty The Oakwood Press, 2009
- Sir Samuel Baker, Eight Year Wanderings in Ceylon, London 1855
- Skinner, Major Thomas Fifty Years in Ceylon, an autobiographical sketch by his daughter, Annie Skinner, London 1891
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