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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Indian Hill Railways

The Darjeeling Railway
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is one of the engineering feats of the world. Although the steepness of the gradients on this narrow-gauge line is .....More about The Darjeeling Railway....

The Kangra Valley Railway
The exotic Kangra Valley lying between the Dhaula Dhar and the Shivalik foothills in the state of Himachal Pradesh is the conglomeration of valleys and ....More about The Kangra Valley Railway....

Kalka Shimla Railway
An interesting feature of the Kalka-Shimla Railway is the almost complete absence of Girder bridges. Multi arched galleries like ancient roman aqueducts being the ....More about Kalka Shimla Railway....

Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Nilgiri Mountail Railwayis the steepest one in Asia ( the steepest gradient is about 1in12). In combination with this gradient there are curves as ....More about Nilgiri Mountain Railway....

Matheran Light Railway
Abdul Hussain, son of the business tycoon, Sir Adamjee Peerbhoy of Mumbai, has started the construction of Matheran railway in 1904 and the two ....More about Matheran Light Railway....

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