Tour Darjeeling on Toy Train | Trifter - 0 views
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Nicknamed the “Toy Train”, the train is powered by a steam engine and runs on a track made narrow to help the train go through safely the sharp turns of the hills.
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The train runs on a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway, going from an elevation of 100 m (328 ft) at Siliguri to about 2,200 m (7,218 ft) at Darjeeling. As the line had to overcome an ascent of 7,000 ft. in less than fifty miles, it has a series of zig zags and loops to gain height.
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"The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a line so close to the people that it flows like a river through their lives. The line runs on roads that pass through markets and village main streets! "