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Folk dances, fireworks mark centenary of Nilgiri Railways
Coimbatore:
Colourful dances and fireworks marked the centenary
celebrations of the Nilgiri Mountain railways (NMR) in
Coimbatore. Women, men and children performed folk dances
and also sang songs. Hundreds of residents witnessed the
celebration. R.K Rao, the Chief Mechanical Engineer of
Southern Railways, said the entire side stretches of the
Nilgiri Mountain Railway Train track needed to be beautified
by planting colourful flowers and trees to attract tourists.
The metre gauge rail-line, linking Mettupalayam in the
plains and high altitude tourist hotspot Ooty, passes
through some of the most breathtaking tropical forests
of the hilly Western Ghats. The toy train which has four
bogies and a steam engine runs on a rack and pinion system
from Mettupalayam to Coonoor. In comparison to other mountain
railways, the NMR compares with Swiss Mountain Railway
System of the Alps in terms of technology and ruling gradient.
The steam engine puffs its way through 208 curves, 16
tunnels and 250 bridges during its 45 km journey.
-Dec
13, 2008
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