Arko Datto The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway ... Arko Datto The railway put Darjeeling on the map. As a prominent hill station in British India, it became the summer capital and playground for ...

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The 140-year-old Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and its amazing engineering. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is an engineering classic in the lap of the Himalayas, traveling through precarious ...

[Related: Photos of Life Aboard the Longest Train Ride Through India] The small-gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway—often called the "toy train" for its diminutive size—opened in 1881.

Plaited into loops, their matching hair swung to the rhythm of the train as it curled around a wide arc, the back end snaking out of a bamboo forest. I was on board the Darjeeling Himalayan ...