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Nilgiri Mountain Railway in India - Mountain Railway of India By UNESCO.
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Nilgiri Mountain Railway in India - Mountain Railway of India By UNESCO.
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The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a railway in Tamil Nadu in India, built by the British in year 1908, and was initially operated by the Madras Railway , UNESCO as added the Nilgiri Mountain Railway as an extension to the World Heritage Site of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the site then became known as "Mountain Railways of India
Mettupalayam-Ooty-Coonor:
Coonoor is on the corner of the Nilgiri plateau and about 6,000 meters
above sea level. Coonoor was the terminus for the Nilgiri from the last
8 years. The government made the expansion of Coonoor to Ootacamund
and this line became functional on 15 September 1908. This line is
widely used and many passengers and can travel easily through it.
Main Feature
Single rack of the system was the most important feature of this line.
He was quoted in the report of Sir Guilford Molesworth s L.: "The
engine that runs on Abt system has two distinct functions: first drive
by the union as normal crazy and the second is the haulage pinion.
There are 4 out some of brakes including 2 hand brakes work by friction
and the other 2 that act by activating the free air exhaust and air
compression engine slows progress. The former are used to maneuver,
while the latter are used to descend vertical gradients. One of the
hand brakes are supposed to act on the tires that are put on wheels in
the usual way and the second which acts on the grooved surface of the
pinion shaft. This can be used anywhere where you put the grid down.
The brake system Nilgiri locomotives is very complicated, even after
hundreds of years as it was in 1886.
It takes 17 hours to reach Chennai by train Metupalaiyam. The expenses
of this trip is around Rs 20 first class. Left more than 33 miles can
be vertical mountain climbing another 20 rupees. For this, the tongas
can be taken and heavy luggage can be sent by a bullock cart. The best
choice here was to take a horse and make arrangements for the baggage
that can be made by individual companies baggage.
The current scenario
At the present time, Ootacamund travelers leaving the station in
Chennai at 9.00 pm and reach Mettupalaiyam at 7.10 am, having completed
a 10 hour trip. There is no cross-platform to join the meter-gauge
train leaving the station at 7.25 am. The train arrives at
Udagamandalam am to 11.40 am The Nilgiri Railway (NMR) is one of the
achievements of engineers.
