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The Kalka Shimla Railway (KSR) connects the town of Kalka with the hill station of Shimla, in the Northern India. Both towns are in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The railway was completed in 1903 and remains an active line serving a useful role in public transport, as well as having a tourist interest.

History
The Kalka Shimla Railway was

In July 2005, UNESCO declared the NMR a World Heritage Site after it satisfied the necessary criteria.

Operation
The KSR track is 2ft 6inch gauge.

Below Coonoor the line uses the rack and pinion system to climb the steep gradient. On the rack section trains are operated by steam rack locomotives manufactured by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works of Winterthur in Switzerland, which are always marshalled at the downhill (Mettupalayam) end of the train.

The average gradient in this rack section is 1 in 24.5, with a maximum of 1 in 12.

Currently (2005)), there is only one train a day over the rack section, starting from Mettupalayam in the early morning and return there in the early evening.

Between Coonoor and Ooty, the train is operated by a YDM4 diesel locomotive using conventional rail adhesion principals. On this section the locomotive is always at the Coonoor end of the train as although the line is not steep enough to need a rack rail the ruling gradient out of Coonoor is still very steep at 1 in 25.

Between Coonoor and Ooty (in 2005) there are four trains, each way, a day.

The diesel locomotives can only operate on upper section, but the steam locomotives can be used either with or without the rack section as well when required.

The majority of repairs to the locomotives are carried out at Coonoor shed but many of the steam locomotives have been rebuilt at the Goldern Rock workshops. Carriages are repaired at Mettupalayam but like the locomotives are taken to one of the big railway workshops for major work.

The Route
The Shimla train covers a distance of 59 km (miles), climbs (4665ft), travels through 107 tunnels, and crosses over 800 bridges. The journey takes between and  minutes depending on the particular train.


 * Kalka - 0km, 2143ft above sea level - Junction with the Broad Gauge line from Ambala. Passengers cross the platform to the Shimla train. There is a large locomotive shed and workshops here.


 * Taksal - 3.5km, 2645ft -


 * Gumman - 6.4km, 3083ft -


 * Koti - 10km, 3600ft -.


 * Jabli - 13.2km, 3950ft -.


 * Sonwara - 16.5km, 4378ft -.


 * Kasauli Road - 18.9km, 4726ft -.


 * Dharampore - 20.4km, 4818ft -.


 * Kumarhatti - 24km, 5180ft -.


 * Barog - 26.1km, 5020ft -.


 * Solon - 28.6km, 4900ft -.


 * Solon Brewery - 4847km, ft -.


 * Salogra - 32.7km, 4850ft -.


 * Kandayhat - 36.1km, 4698ft -.


 * Kanoh - 40.3km, 5144ft -.


 * Kathleeghat - 44.8km, 5578ft -.


 * Shoghi - 48.3km, 6010ft -.


 * Taradevi - 52.3km, 6050ft -.


 * Jutogh - 55.5km, 6422ft -.


 * Summerhill - 57.7km, 6072ft -.


 * Shimla - 59km, 6808ft -.

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GWR
The Great W R is within the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park. It was originally called the W and Um Railway.

Opened in 1970 as a short 'out and back' line later extended into a full loop. As well as providing a Steam Railway as a tourist attraction, the railway also served to give visitors a view of the Rh that had been brought from Um in 19.

The steam locomotives used on the line and the rolling stock all came from the Bowater paper mill railway in Kent, now the Sittingboure. Diesel locomotives have been obtained from WHR, WLLR (both originally from Ground Nuts).


 * 0-4-2ST KS
 * 0-6-2T KS
 * 0-6-2T MW
 * 0-6-2T
 * 0-6-0DM
 * 0-6-0DM
 * 0-6-0DM

All carriages were built from Pulp wagons fitted with seats and light roofs