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Blog Entry# 4354605
Posted: Jun 28 2019 (22:40)

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Jun 28 2019 (22:40)   DJ/Darjeeling (3 PFs) | TDH/NDM-6/605
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Entry# 4354605            Tags   Past Edits
DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY
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Well, let us get started....a few pictures to give an introduction to this Heritage Railways....
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Re# 4354605-2               Past Edits
These are the specifically "Railway-related" photographs....
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Pic 1: These old levers are still sometimes used to change tracks - operated manually
Pic 2: The rake of 52587 Kurseong to Darjeeling Passenger resting in the Pitline, to depart in the evening as 52588.
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3: The Side View of the "HIMALAYAN PRINCESS" - a luxury car
Pic 4: The technical specifications of the same coach
Pic 5: A close-up Side View of Tindharia NDM-6 #605
Pic 6: The gauges of the locomotive
Pic 7: A picture with the locomotive
Pic 8: A peek into the Darjeeling Steam Loco Shed
Pic 9: A Side View of Class-B #779 nicknamed "HIMALAYAN BIRD"
Pics 10 & 11: Side Views of Class-B #788
Pics 12 & 13: Side Views of Class-B #804 nicknamed "QUEEN OF THE HILLS"
Pic 14: A Side View of Class-B #795
Pic 15: A frontal view of Class-B #804
Pic 16: Class-B #780 firing up its pistons before departing with 52595 Darjeeling to Ghoom to Darjeeling Steam Joy Ride
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All the trains side-by-side: from left:-
1. Tindharia NDM-6 #605 with the empty rake of 52587/52588 Darjeeling to Kurseong Passenger
2. Class-B #802 nicknamed "WHISTLE QUEEN" waiting to depart as 52596 Darjeeling to Ghoom to Darjeeling Steam Joy Ride
3. Tindharia NDM-6 #604 about to depart as 52597 Darjeeling to Ghoom to Darjeeling Diesel Joy Ride
4. Class-B #780 about to depart as 52596 Darjeeling to Ghoom to Darjeeling Steam Joy Ride

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