Nilgiri Mountain Railways- A Heaven in the Hills

Nilgiri Mountain Railways is a human Marvel which we decided to capture as one of the last standing Steam hauled sections in India. We covered what we could in one day but returned with a promise to come back again for some more treasure from this Chest

Date: 2013-05-10
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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And through the Blue Mountains the train is climbing another gradient as the Semaphores stand proudly here everywhere (Trayambak Ojha)

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The massive eucalyptus trees dwarf the MG train an the YDM4 loco (Trayambak Ojha)

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We finally arrived at Lovedale where we patiently waited for our last train as we were exhausted completely. This is another jewel in the treasure chest of the Nilgiri Mountain Railways (Trayambak Ojha)

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And as the train curves out towards Ooty we keep admiring the location with our lenses (Trayambak Ojha)

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Sibling Love at Lovedale...and we fell in love with the Nilagiri Mountain Railways promising ourselves to come here once again for a detailed imagery..till then we signed off for the day (Trayambak Ojha)

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It was just at the nick of time arrival as the first MG service with the loco pushing up the mountains just departed from Mettupallayam with a mystical smoke all around (Trayambak Ojha)

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Lovely set of pics. Thanks for sharing. The last one is very moving. Possibly, lamenting what we missed out in our childhood.

Actually, Triambak Ojha has given us all a preview of what fun to expect and have during the next year's...
Posted by S. Srinivas on 2013 May 30 02:30:39 +0100
Amazing set of pictures!! Superb album. :)
Posted by Avishek Basu on 2013 May 26 14:45:05 +0100