Nilgiri Mountain Railway - Mettupalayam to Conoor
Date: 2007-05-20
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Size: 39 items
We pass through a cut out.
We take in water
A pinion discarded midway.
A pinion displayed.
More details about this here. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/944/
The SM office at Aderly is no longer in use. But if you zoom in to the walls you will find usefull info.
Details of a calamity
A tunnel that is solid rock.No walls
Inside the solid rock tunnel
It was green all along but cant expect too much water flow in May.
The PWI incharge of this section. A friendly man.
The down home and the up starter again share the same mast.
A tunnel on the way.
We reached coonoor right time. The Steam was coupled to the train which had been brought in by the YDM4 from ooty, which in turn wuld now push the Metuplayam Connor train to Ooty.
Time to bid frewell to Steam.
A few of the locos are coal-fired and a few are oil-fired.
It is understood action is being taken to convert the "coal-fired" locos into "oil-fired" ones which job has been entrusted to GOC.
Dear VSP
A few of the locos are coal-fired and a few are oil-fired.
It is understood action is being taken to convert the "coal-fired" locos into "oil-fired" ones which job has been entrusted to GOC.
Dear VSP
But I could not see a single oil fired loco any where at all ! Zubin.