Cynosure of Coonoor
1,279 views · Published 13 July 2017 · 1:46 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: Incredible Steam Trains of India and Other Videos · 2017 · Entertainment
CYNOSURE OF COONOOR ===================== Seen here is the lone Nilagiri Passenger (Train no. 56136) from Mettupalayam to Ooty negotiating a curve and entering Coonoor powered by the 4th India-built oil-fired steam engine # 37399-X. The train has just left the rack section just before the level crossing, and is on a mild gradient toward the station. The X class engines are a class of metre gauge 0-8-2T rack and pinion compound locomotives working on the World Heritage Nilgiri Mountain Railway. They are used on the 20 km section between Coonoor and Kallar - 7 km from Mettupalayam, where the gradient of the track is a steep 1 in 12.50. On this steep incline the railway uses the Abt rack system. The X class engines are compound locomotives with two high-pressure and two low-pressure cylinders. All cylinders are outside the locomotive's frames. The two low-pressure cylinders drive the rack wheels which are mounted above the driving wheels. To know about the relentless campaign by railway enthusiasts and the public of the Nilgiri Hills to keep this 118-years old engineering marvel in running condition, do read the Book titled: NMR - FROM LIFELINE TO OBLIVION by V.M. Govind Krishnan, now in its 3rd and Revised Edition available on this link: https://goo.gl/5gs38F
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