Train No. 56137 Up on a foggy day.
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Channel: Incredible Steam Trains of India and Other Videos · 2013 · Education
The 56137 Up from Ootacamund to Mettupalayam traverses downhill on the rack and pinion route of the World Heritage Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) on a cold and foggy day in November 2012, hauled by a 1952-vintage Swiss built steam engine No. X 37386 (now on oil-firing mode since April 2011). Nilgiri Mountain Railway is the only metre gauge (1000 mm) rack railway in Asia. 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. Online orders for the Book can be had on this link: https://notionpress.com/read/nilgiri-mountain-railway-nmr?cN=af22197be2df8d21f124b5e0a0e3d7d9d066c92f
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