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The Mountain Railways of India are outstanding examples of hill railways. Opened between 1881 and 1908 they applied bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problem of establishing an effective rail link across a mountainous terrain of great beauty.
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The Mountain railways of India are the railway lines that were built in the mountainous regions of India. The term mainly includes the narrow-gauge and metre-gauge railways in these regions but may also include some broad-gauge railways. Three of the lines, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and the Kalka–Shimla ...
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Jul 12, 2018 · The Nilgiri Mountain Railway spans 29 miles (46 kilometers) of mountainous terrain in Tamil Nadu state. Unlike the Himalayan railroads to the north, this steam-driven line climbs through southern ...
The construction of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a 46-km long metre-gauge single-track railway in Tamil Nadu State was first proposed in 1854, but due to the difficulty of the mountainous location the work only started in 1891 and was completed in 1908. This railway, scaling an elevation of 326 m to 2,203 m, represented the latest technology ...
3.63. Photo by Els Slots. The Mountain Railways of India are three fully operational railway tracks that are fine examples of 19th-century technology and the changes they brought with them. These railways built during the British colonial period stimulated population movements between the plains and the mountains.
Sep 29, 2015 · The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, which received the World Heritage Site status on Dec. 2, 1999, has the narrowest of the regular narrow gauges. 2. Nilgiri Mountain Railway. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, cutting across the lush green hill side, with the engine at the back, pushing the train up the hills.
India N26 40 48.00 E88 27 36.00 5.34 ha: 70 ha: 944ter-002 Nilgiri Mountain Railway India N11 30 37.00 E76 55 54.00 4.59 ha: 500 ha: 944ter-003 Kalka Shimla Railway India N30 51 8.00 E76 56 15.00 79.06 ha: 74.88 ha
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