Was working for the E. India Co. by 1886

Breath - 1907 - Acting Manager of the Uganda Railway, C. Sandiford had a house on Railway Hill. Miss Sandiford (now Mrs C.N.M. Harrison, and still living in Nairobi) [1958]. A leopard got into Miss Sandiford's bedroom and went to sleep on her bed! Mr Sandiford shot it dead.  

Roosevelt - while he was sitting with his family in his own house in Nairobi he happened to ask his daughter to look for something in one of the bedrooms. She returned in a minute, quietly remarking: "Father, there's a leopard under the bed." So there was ....... A neighbour with a rifle was summoned, and shot the leopard.  

EAHB 1905 - Loco Superintendent, North West Railway, India; Loco. Superintendent, Uganda Railway, 1899; CB 1903.

The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa (Mr C. Sandiford & Miss Sandiford)

North - Uganda Railway - Engine Driver, formerly with North West Railway, India; Taro Camp 1898; Locomotive Superintendent Jan 1900, based Nairobi; appt. to permanent staff of opened line, Loco Dept. Superintendent 1/4/1903; on List of 'Non-Native Residents of Nairobi' (EAM) Loco Superintendent, with Miss Sandiford 5/9/1903

Playne - Previous to coming to EA Mr Sandiford had done engineering work in many parts of the world. He was born in England in July 1845, and he arrived in EA on April 28, 1899, to take up his present position of Locomotive Superintendent on the Uganda Railway. Mr Sandiford had previously held the same post on the North-Western Railway, India. He received the CB in 1903

Playne - Locomotive Superintendent on Railway construction

Playne - Group Photograph - 'Officers of the Uganda Railway 1909'

Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Locomotive Dept. - Loco. Superintendent

Drumkey 1909 - President, Railway Institute, Nairobi

Advertiser - 2/10/1908 - Nairobi Amateur Dramatic Society - "Bluebeard in East Africa" - Miss Sandiford - lady typist Kiboko

Gazette - 17/12/1902 - Plague compensation after bubonic plague in March 1902 - C. Sandiford - Rs 38

Red Book 1912 - C. Sandiford - Nairobi

Mills Railway - The first Locomotive Superintendent had been a young relatively inexperienced man named Lockyer. As the number of engines, many second-hand, increased and the tough conditions led to breakdowns, it fairly soon became apparent that Lockyer, though willing and popular, could not cope. An older man, Vernet from Ceylon, was recruited to take charge of the department, but he proved little, if any better. The crux came in October, when the axle boxes of new wagons carrying supplies to railhead ran so hot that the wagons had to be taken off the train at every station and left to cool down. On this occasion Vernet was warned, but a further unfavourable report led the Committee to terminate his services; he left Mombasa on 31 December, and Lockyer resigned a year later. Vernet's post as Superintendent was filled by C. Sandiford who had a remarkable career. After retiring from Indian Railways at the age of 55, he briefly worked for Rendel's firm as locomotive consultant and Rendel persuaded him to volunteer for the Uganda Railway. He arrived in Mombasa in March 1899 and retired, for the second time, in 1913, aged 70. He was highly regarded by all who knew him and ably supported  by the Workshop Manager, M. Gallagher, who joined in 1897 and, according to the staff, was "a bastard, but a just one". Under Sandiford the Locomotive Department was as strong as it has ever been and, over 60 years after his second retirement, there were still 2 Sandiford Roads in Nairobi, one appropriately near the locomotive shed.