Ooty To Coonoor TOY TRAIN Journey During Monsoon - Nilgiri Mountain Indian Railways
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August 2012.
The Steam & Diesel loco World in Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
Train:Udagamandalam...
more... (Ooty) - Coonoor Passenger/56142.
Loco:#6664 Golden Rock (GOC) shed YDM4.
Date:04th Aug 2012.
Coonoor is connected by a metre gauge railway line in the world famous Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) between Mettupalayam(Coimbatore) (28 km) and Ooty (17 km).
It is hauled uphill by steam engines, desgined and built by the Swiss Locomotive Works. Twelve of such locomotive engines survive even today.
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) is one of the oldest mountain railways in India. The NMR was declared by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in July 2005. This connects Ootacamund with the town of Mettupalayam, at the foothills of the Nilgiri Mountain.