Chugging up the rack
245 views · Published 30 September 2013 · 1:57 · Indexed 24 October 2026
Channel: Incredible Steam Trains of India and Other Videos · 2013 · Travel & Events
A train to Udagamandalam (Ootacamund) chugs up the rack on the meter gauge (1000 mm) Nilgiri Mountain Railway - the only one of its kind in Asia, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. The steam engine, 37392-X was built in Switzerland in 1952 by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Winterthur; and it was converted from coal-firing to oil-firing mode in January 2010 owing to paucity of good quality coal to fuel the steam engines on this line.
V.M. Govind Krishnan's book: "NMR [Nilgiri Mountain Railway]-From Lifeline to Oblivion", now available in its Revised Edition, documents the efforts of the public to thwart the moves of the Indian government to dismantle this unique rack railway, now in its 114th year; and to keep this engineering marvel in running condition to this day. The book can be ordered online on this link: https://notionpress.com/read/nilgiri-mountain-railway-nmr?cN=af22197be2df8d21f124b5e0a0e3d7d9d066c92f
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