The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908...
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The Nilgiri Mountains form a part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka and eastern Kerala in South India. They are located...
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0-8-2 RT rack and pinion compound locomotive used by the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India. They are used on the 28-kilometre-long...
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division of Southern Railway zone. It is a terminus station in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. The terminus is a part of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a World Heritage...
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added the Nilgiri Mountain Railway as an extension to the World Heritage Site of Mountain Railways of India. Zones and divisions of Indian Railways All India...
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railways in these regions but may also include some broad-gauge railways. Three of the lines, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway...
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The Nilgiris district is one of the 38 districts in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri (English: Blue Mountains) is the name given to a...
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Ooty (category Cities and towns in Nilgiris district)
agriculture. The town is connected to the plains by the Nilgiri ghat roads and Nilgiri Mountain Railway. The region was earlier known as Ottakal Mandu, with...
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It is operated by Indian Railways. This train is named after the Nilgiri (Tamil : English - (Nil - Blue; giri - Mountain)) Hills. The train is primarily...
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Nadu. It is one of the important railway stations located in the Coimbatore District, because the Nilgiri Mountain Railway to the hill station of Ooty starts...
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of Nilgiri hills. As of 2011, the town had a population of 69,213. Mettupalayam railway station is the starting point of Nilgiri Mountain Railway and...
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(Ooty), in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. A notable tourist attraction, it is one of the stations of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, built in 1907...
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repaired by the railway. In 2002, No. 787 was rebuilt for oil firing on the same principle as that used on Nilgiri Mountain Railway No. 37395. A diesel-powered...
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Toy trains plying in Nilgiri Mountain Railway are maintained at Coonoor and Mettupalayam. The famous Nilgiri Mountain Railway heritage line is under...
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Look up Nilgiri in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nilgiri, which literally means "Blue Mountain", may refer to: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, an International...
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2023. "Nilgiri Mountain Railway". Indian Railway. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019. "Mountain Railways of India"...
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popular hill station in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. The train station is a part of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a World Heritage Site. The train...
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of X class locomotives (locomotives with a toothed cog for the Nilgiri Mountain Railway). As part of the POH, the locomotive's original coal-fired boiler...
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Rail transport in India (redirect from Indian Railway Classification)
Retrieved 5 January 2009. "Nilgiri Mountain railway". Indian Railways. Retrieved 21 August 2019. "he Nilgiri Mountain Railway as old as the hills". The...
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Coast State Railway was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901. The Kolar Gold Fields railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway and Shoranur-Cochin railway were part...
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Kalavrita Railway Peak Tramways Darjeeling Himalayan Railway – A world Heritage Site Nilgiri Mountain Railway – A world Heritage Site Kalka-Shimla Railway – A...
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Nilgiri Mountain Railway (PDF) (Report). Indian Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024. "Podanur Railway Station...
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Railway zone. It is a railway station of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Ketti, a hill station town, in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. It is a World Heritage...
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it became part of the mountain railways of India World Heritage Site with the Darjeeling Himalayan and Nilgiri Mountain Railways. During the 2023 North...
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2009. "Nilgiri Mountain railway". Indianrailway.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019. "he Nilgiri Mountain Railway...
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Katpadi opened. April 1894 Original Nilgiri Mountain Railway Company Liquidated. 1891: Nilgiri Mountain Railway Company was commissioned. 02.04.1894...
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Coast Wilderness Railway have separate cylinders driving the pinion wheel, as do the "X"-class locomotives on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway. The steepest...
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Transport in Tamil Nadu (section Mountain railway)
and Madurai have been proposed. Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway in Nilgiris district connecting Mettupalayam...
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Retrieved 6 January 2024. Nilgiri Mountain Railway "Complete information on Railway Gauges". 4 February 2012. "Mountain Railways of India". UNESCO. Retrieved...
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The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a mountain railway built in 1908, and operated by a fleet of steam locomotives. In July 2005, UNESCO added the Nilgiri Mountain...
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