EP- 10 / Shimla's TOY TRAIN Vistadome AC (EV) COACH ( Shimla - Kalka ) скачать в хорошем качестве

EP- 10 / Shimla's TOY TRAIN Vistadome AC (EV) COACH ( Shimla - Kalka )

Namaste guyssss, Mummy's and Papa's dream turned into reality and that is to travel in a Historical "Toy Train". And just like what we had expected we experienced some of the most beautiful and mesmerizing mountain views. And I'll pick up some info about "Toy Train" from google for you guys : History: Shimla (then spelled Simla), which was settled by the British shortly after the first Anglo-Gurkha war, is located at 7,116 feet (2,169 m) in the foothills of the Himalayas. The idea of connecting Shimla by rail was first raised by a correspondent to the Delhi gazette in November 1847. Shimla became the summer capital of British India in 1864 and was the headquarters of the Indian army. This meant that twice a year it was necessary to transfer the entire government between Calcutta and Shimla by horse and ox-drawn carts. In 1891 the 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Delhi–Kalka line opened, which made the construction of a branch line up to Shimla feasible. Construction of the Kalka–Shimla Railway on 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge tracks was begun by the privately funded Delhi-Ambala-Kalka Railway Company following the signing of a contract between the secretary of state and the company on 29 June 1898. The contract specified that the line would be built without any financial aid or guarantee from the government. The government however provided the land free of charge to the company. The estimated cost of 8,678,500 rupees doubled by the time the line was opened. The Chief Engineer of the project was Herbert Septimus Harington. The 95.68 km (59.45 mi) line opened for traffic on 9 November 1903[4] and was dedicated by Viceroy Lord Curzon. Due to the high capital and maintenance costs and difficult working conditions, the railway was allowed to charge higher fares than on other lines. Nevertheless, the company had spent 16,525,000 rupees by 1904 with no sign of the line becoming profitable, which lead to it being purchased by the government on 1 January 1906 for 17,107,748 rupees Once it came under the control of the government the line was originally managed as an independent unit from the North West Railway office in Lahore until 1926, when it was transferred to Delhi Division. Since July 1987, the line has been managed by the Ambala Division from Ambala Cantt. In 2007, the Himachal Pradesh government declared the railway a heritage property. For about a week, beginning on 11 September 2007, a UNESCO team visited the railway to inspect it for possible selection as a World Heritage Site. On 8 July 2008, it became part of the mountain railways of India's World Heritage Site with the Darjeeling Himalayan and Nilgiri Mountain Railways. Technical details : The track has 20 picturesque stations, 103 tunnels, 912 curves, 969 bridges, and a 3% slope (1:33 gradient). The 1,143.61 m tunnel at Barog immediately before the Barog station is the longest, a 60 ft (18.29 m) bridge is the longest and the sharpest curve has a 123 ft (38 m) radius of curvature. The railway line originally used a 42 lb/yd (20.8 kg/m) rail, which was later replaced with a 60 lb/yd (29.8 kg/m) rail. The train has an average speed of 25–30 km/hr but the railcar is almost 50–60 km/hr. Both the train and railcar are equipped with vistadomes. The temperature range and annual rainfalls are 0–45°C and 200–250 cm, respectively.