Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR), colloquially called the "Toy Train" by locals is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railway in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908. [1] The railway is operated by the Southern Railway [2] and is the only rack railway in India. The railway relies on its fleet of steam ...
Nilgiri Mountain Railway. Hillgrove railway station. railway station. creator. some value. ... coordinates of the point of view. 11°20'30.811"N, 76°50'8.632"E.
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a 46 km (29 mi) metre gauge single-line railway. It connects the town of Mettupalayam with the hill station of Udagamandalam ( Ootacamund ). The route is located within the state of Tamil Nadu and travels through the Nilgiri Hills , which are popularly known as the Blue Mountains of Southern India .
NH 67 or Nilgiri Mountain Railway The Nilgiri Mountains form a part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu , southern Karnataka and eastern Kerala in South India . They are located at the trijunction of the three states and connect the Western Ghats to the Eastern Ghats .
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The first episode covers the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the second the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and the third the Kalka–Shimla Railway. The documentaries, directed by Tarun Bhartiya, Hugo Smith and Nick Mattingly, were produced by Gerry Troyna. The documentary on Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was directed by Tarun Bhartiya.
Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railway in Nilgiris district, connecting Udagamandalam and Mettupalayam. The Nilgiri Railway Company was formed in 1885, and the Mettupalayam-Coonoor section of the track was opened for traffic on 15 June 1899.