The Darjeeling Toy Train Runs at 15 km/h Through the Himalayan Hills and That Is the Point
The Train That Was Never in a HurryThe Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has been climbing the same 88 kilometres since 1881, coiling up from New Jalpaiguri through Ghum and into Darjeeling at a speed that a determined cyclist could match on a flat road. The steam engine, still coal-fired on the…
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