It'll be a bit of a slog to get through, but you should do it anyway, because the Index version shows events from a different character's perspective (Touma's). If you do watch the series in this order, note that episodes 10-14 of Index season 1 are basically a condensed, crappier version of episodes 2-16 of Railgun season 2. Since this watching order does still preserve production order within each individual production (i.e. Raildex is a situation where the conventional wisdom of "watch it in production order" kind of breaks down because there are actually two parallel productions involved. It does a horrible job explaining the world and what is going on. Index season one is written pretty badly. The first season of Index is the weakest entry to the series. The Sister's Arc is 4 episodes in Index and 14 in Railgun S as such the Railgun S version's enjoyment should clearly take priority, especially considering the fact that it is the primary arc of the entire Railgun series (and arguably the best arc of the entire show). Watching the Sister's Arc first in Index absolutely ruins the emotional impact you get from seeing it from Misaka's perspective while providing absolutely no gain. User /u/urban287 on reddit proposes an interesting non-conventional viewing order for watching the entire Raildex series:
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