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This nice house at the end of 123rd Avenue West was once the location of an NP section house at Shortline Park, where their Duluth Shortline connected with the DM&IR's Spirit Lake Branch. I'm on the NP grade looking towards Elys Peak. The new double track CN mainline will run between the fence and house, easily explaining why CN bought it. The current grade is directly behind the house in a cut.
Some of you know that I care a lot about the care and condition of my cooking knife. For a long while I have been intrigued by the men who make a profession out of sharpening knives. When I lived in Arcata, the knife sharpener was also the 'joke man'. In San Francisco there is a man with a wooden shack on the back on his truck. He plugs his sharpening wheel into a generator.
Here in Montevideo this is the knife sharpener. He plays a little whistle as he slowly rolls down the street (I think it might be a tuning whistle to the note of A). He looks up to the apartments and people flag him down. He stops. Put ups his kickstand. Slips the leather strap over the now elevated back tire, and takes a seat on the second seat which is near the handlebars (facing 'backward'). He then pedals (backwards again) and sharpens your knife for about two bucks. Scissors cost about three.
The new evaporator in its rebuit housing. This is the first time since 1999 that the gaping hole in the passenger side of the firewall has been filled.
Hauppauge HD PVR Rocket in Excellent Condition - Never Used
My young son expressed an interest in starting a YouTube channel. The idea was to record his game play and post the videos to the internet, becoming the next online star, making millions and never having to do a day's real work. So, as a diligent dad, I went out and bought him this Hauppauge HD PVR Rocket, portable game recorder. Great - I was going to be able to retire early on the proceeds!
Sadly the Hauppauge was taken out of its box, toyed with for a while...and never, ever used! In fact, I don't think it was even connected up to my son's computer, and it has certainly not recorded anything.
As you will see the Rocket 1527 comes with:
* Original box and packing materials.
* All cables that came with it.
* The lapel microphone that came with it.
* All the documents and instructions that were in the box.
* The original clear protective decal on the red button is still there. It was never removed!
In two of the photos you will see a flash drive (USB "thumb drive") that did NOT come with the unit, and is NOT included in this sale. The PVR does not come with an installation disc, and the application can be googled and downloaded very easily.
On the underside of the recorder, the sticker contains, inter-alia, the following information: HD PVR Rocket 158000 LF Rev B1.
Here's the generic information on the PVR that I found on the internet:
* HD PVR Rocket is portable and USB bus powered. Record your best game play at gaming events or at your friends home: simply plug a USB thumb drive into the slot on the front of the Rocket and you can start recording from your game console or PC game system!
* Record your Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation (PS3 and PS4), PC game system or Wii U Plus game play in HD, directly to a USB thumb drive.
* HD PVR Rocket records video at up to 1080p and can record from either HDMI (without HDCP protection) or Component Video.
* HD PVR Rocket has a build-in audio mixer, so you can record game commentary while you record your video game play.
* HD PVR Rocket records at resolutions up to 1080P30 using H.264 video compression. The H.264 format is used by Blu-ray discs and exceeds other video compression standards in quality and disk space consumption, providing a crisp image and amazing digital sound.
* H.264 uses 1/3 the disk space compared with the popular MPEG-2 format. HD PVR Rocket also can be connected to your PC.
* Use the Capture application to record game play, trim your videos and upload them to YouTube.
* Record your best gaming moves without slowing down your PC. The video compression is done inside HD PVR Rocket so you can record your PC game play in HD without slowing down your PC. Simply plug the HDMI out from your PC gaming system into the HD PVR 2, and then connect HD PVR Rocket to your TV monitor.
* Also supports PC connect mode for recording and uploading to YouTube
Full details on the Hauppauge HD PVR Rocket website.
A brilliant piece of recording equipment, so grab yourself a bargain, and happy bidding!
New Samsung Frost free Refrigerator, Double door!
Model no: RT60KZRIH1.
Only 1 year old!
In fabulous condition! 500 lts.
Comes with bill, in warranty still.
Built in in invertor! Outside temperature control.
Energy efficient
Reason for sale: Moving out
Transport: Buyers own
Current Market price: 60k
Selling Price: 42,000/-
What is Gynecomastia?
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Originally the vines were hops and virginsbower (woodland clematis); but river grape volunteered and went a little crazy.
Bronze, 2nd Century C.E., Found in Beauvais
Condition: Left hand, the fingers, except for third, of right hand missing; nose tip and penis scuffed; deep scrapes and dents in several places, especially across abdomen, left thigh, shoulder blades, and buttocks; deep hollow in top left of foot; ancient rectangular patches used to repair numerous casting flaws; bottoms of the feet without tangs; glossy blue-green patina; brassy gleams in some places.
H. 30.5 cm.
The god's pose, with its upward spiraling rhythm and its implied support outside the body, is based on innovations of the fourth century B.C.E. Many reflections of the same Jupiter type, which was especially favored for large, ambitious statuettes, survive. Complete versions carry a thunderbolt in the right hand. The model for the type has been identified as the Jupiter Tonans (Thunderer), or Zeus Brontaios, by the fourth-century sculptor Leochares, which had been brought to Rome and stood in the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline. The type and its variants are well represented among the Roman bronzes found in Gaul. Large, elegant statuettes ours, however, were often produced by sculptors less concerned with accurate representation of a famous prototype than with the creation of an impressive devotional image, sometimes combining features from a variety of sources.
The present piece has both a more baroque swing to its pose and more explicit retro-stylization if detail than typical members of the series. The slender, hard anatomy, with sharp divisions of the abdomen, long thighs, sinewy calves, and emphatic kneecaps, shows a surprisingly direct awareness of works in the style of the Riace Warrior A. Other features go beyond early Classical style to evoke Hellenistic conventions.
The head of our piece is unlike those, vaguely fourth century in inspiration, seen on most statuettes of the series and is ultimately derived from the fifth-century Dresden Zeus type. This is clear from the frame of center-parted locks on the forehead and the way the short whiskers at the sides of the beard stand out as a kind of ruff to meet it. The knitted brows and the horizontal "Michelangelo bar" of the forehead, however, have later sources. The stylization of the beard in corkscrew curls is seen in the Jupiter of Brée and another elegant eclectic Jupiter in Florence, two statuettes quite different from ours in compositional type. The long mustache with rolled-up ends is an Archaistic feature, as is the mass of hair with soft horizontal waves underlying fine vertical striations. Our piece makes use of borrowings from various sources, some of them quite rarefied, with amazing confidence and panache. The hard, defined physique and linear rendering of detail might speak for a Hadrianic or slightly later date.
Formerly in the collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman, New York; text from the catalog of that collection. Originally purchased from Pescheteau-Badin-Ferrin, Commissaires-Priseurs associés, Paris (J. Roudillon, expert), Antiques, Drouot-Richelieu, auct. cat., May 9, 1990, lot 23.
From the collection of the Getty Villa, Malibu, California.
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I dedicate this series to Moroccan women. I want them to know all the good that I think of them! I do not comment, I just want you to read between the "images"
Of five tiny windows on the first floor, two are keyhole-shaped. The third floor gets nonwindows, much larger.
Two air conditioners are on elevated platforms. One is behind a latticed barrier and the other is nakedly, embarrassingly visible.
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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, a commercial building (erected 1888 according to the Leavenworth County government's online parcel search tool) at the southeast corner of South 3rd Street and Cherokee Street.
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The Conditioning House was built by the Corporation on continental precedents to check and control the moisture content of textiles by means of laboratory examination and certify their true weight and length. It is the only one of its kind in this country. The service was established in 1887 and the Conditioning House was purpose built 1900-02 by the city architect F E P Edwards to the designs of F Wild who died in 1901. The building is erected on 4-storeys and basement around 3 sides of an open court. Restrained detailing with elements of the Queen Anne style. Sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings, ashlar ground floor and vermiculated rustication to the basement, ie in the warehouse tradition giving emphasis to the lower storeys. Centrepiece to Cape Street with pedimented blind attic and ball finials, flanking pilaster strips and pilastered portal with ornate east iron gates. The canted corner with Canal Road is similarly treated and the return elevation is a long, plain range with 2 segmental pedimented blind attic features: important corner site.
1979 Renault Gordini R1326 ( USA specs), 1647 cc Hemi, engine type 843-13, 109 HP, Bosh- L –Jetronic injection, factory air conditioning and power steering. “Decouverable” sliding fabric electric roof over stainless steel structure.
History:
The chassis and most of the running gear came from the Renault 12, while the 1647 cc 108 PS (79 kW; 95 hp) 843-Type engine in the more powerful R17 TS and R17 Gordini models was derived from the engine in the Renault 16 X. The R17 Gordini was to be the last model to bear the Amedee Gordini name fitted for USA with the 843-13 Hemi engine with 1647 cc. Though the mechanicals of the cars were derived from other Renaults, the body was completely new.
Please check the car and driver test for the R17 gordini at:
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Motosport:
Renault abandoned plans to contest the World Rally Championship which it won in 1973. Instead, the factory developed a high-performance version of the 17 coupé at the Alpine Competition Factory which used many of the A110 bits to compete in "selected" European events. The Gordini-developed engine had two twin-choke Webers, a hot cam, an 11.5 compression ratio, big valves and tuned extractor exhaust system. The body was very light, featured fibreglass doors, boot and bonnet panels, plus plastic windows and a stripped interior. The factory said the car's weight was lowered by more than 25 percent.
Its most famous outing was the "Press on Regardless" WRC in the United States, in Michigan, 1974. The Rally was the USA section of the World Rally Championship. The car that won the rally was a Renault 17 Gordini driven byJean-Luc Thérier and Christian Deiferrer, with a similar car coming third.
This car:
I bought this car in California on April 2012. An extensive restoration took place at my shop located in Miami were my friend Alberto Cordero, a former mechanical engineer from Renault, retired after 42 years working with the company, comes to help me with the restoration of the car. He was the chief mechanic of Juan Manuel Fangio a famous Argentinean race driver who won 5 times the F1 championship and Alberto was at the 84 hs of Nurburgring with the first Renault model derived from the AMC rambler named “Torino 380 W” who gets the third place in that race on 1969.
The car was abandoned in a yard and the last registration proving the car was running was back in 1997.
The car was straight, with only surface rust and off course a not running car.
We start the restoration from the ground up, the car was completely disassembled, body was take it to the bare metal, epoxy primed and painted in its original black color. Gordini stripes and logos were drawn by myself and plotted in 3M vinyl with the original scheme color.
All interior of the cabin, floor, panels, back and engine compartment was fitted with anti-rattle-sound/heat auto adhesive insulation with aluminum foil.
The carpet is a velour German carpet, Burgundy color with leather sewed trims.
I have owned the same model back in Argentina in 1979 so I was completely familiar with the car, and after owning more than 60 high end cars in my life, I always remember the R17 as an outstanding performer, economical yet powerful and beautiful car.
The outstanding design of the “petal” seats, the sliding electric roof that leaves the car completely open, the pillar less design makes this car shine out of the crowd not only now 35 years later, but back in his own era. The feeling you will have driving the car with the roof open will be better than in a convertible car, no wind noise at all.
All parts replaced in the car are original parts coming from France, Argentina, Israel, Puerto Rico, USA.
All suspension, power steering, brakes, hoses,fittings, etc. has been replaced. Engine was with original 45,000 miles, we disassembled the engine, head, valves, gaskets, replaced all necessary parts to meet the original compression specs with 150 PSI on each of the 4 cylinders.
All Bosch –L- Jetronic was overhauled, new sensors, valves, vacuums, switches, electric fuel pump, new injectors, etc. were replaced for original parts, most of them from Germany and others locally as the R17 share most of the injection parts with the BMW 2002 TTI.
The antipollution system was restored at his original state, overhauled air pump, new vacuums, valves, sensors, brand new catalyzer.
New original windshield was fitted to replace the scratched one in the car, new upgraded upholstery in German leather as the original car was fitted with grey cloth. The petal front seat is articulated and adjustable on the sides and behind the knees for firm support as a sport car should be. Is hard to think that 35 years ago this outstanding design on the seats are still bringing one of the most comfortable position that I have had in most top of the line cars.
The car runs perfect, as a brand new car!!!, all electric and electronic components are in 100% working order, the Air conditioning was upgraded with a new Sanden compressor, new condenser, new hoses, blows at 10° Celsius (50 Fahrenheit degrees) as per original specs.
All around upgraded LED lights fitted in back up, brake light, directional lamps. New 4 halogen YELLOW headlights with 45-70w halogen lamps.
Original vintage CIBIE fog lights with covers as the Rally version.
Pioneer stereo with hand free Bluetooth phone and 4 stereo speakers.
The car is fitted with disc brakes at front wheels and drum at the rear wheels with a servo booster and brake limiter valve with weight sensor.
All weather trims were replaced with brand new weather strips.
I have published this car at the Amicale R15 R17 website, you will see the comments on the most important website dedicated at Renault 15 and 17 and you could check the comments of my fellow members about the car on
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Also, there is a link I have pusblished with the process of the restoration of this car. You will be amazed of the job we have performed on this car to bring it back to life.Please follow this link with 140 PICTURES:
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This is the 2nd Supra i have spotted recently and am so delighted to see this in immaculate condition. Looks great in blue colour and wish all Supra's like this is in same good condition. No front pictures as it was up against a barrier.
Registration Number
H830YYL
Make
TOYOTA
Model
SUPRA TURBO AUTO
Year of manufacture
1991
Engine size (cc)
2954
I just got this vertical air conditioner, a Whirlpool rebadged as a RCA for the Canadian market. A few years before, they were marketed as RCA Victor. Models from about 1972 and later were made by Westinghouse.
Seen at REI, looked interesting but I already had obtained too many books this day. I subsequently ordered this from the library and I think I will go buy it, it is excellent, well-written and answers a lot of questions I have on nutrition, stretching and training in the winter, when I tend to turn into a giant ground sloth.
A good book, one I should get: Moving toward balance : 8 weeks of yoga with Rodney Yee by Rodney Yee with Nina Zoloto also looked good.
Seen while browsing at the main REI store
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Chassis n° 854375
Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais
Bonhams
Estimated : € 600.000 - 800.000
Sold for € 174.800
Parijs - Paris
Frankrijk - France
February 2018
•- Premier German marque
•- ne of only a handful of surviving Sportcabriolets
- Fully restored by Horch Classic 2012-2017
- Getrag five-speed gearbox
•Spectacular condition
Part of the Auto Union since 1932, Horch produced a veritable plethora of model variations in the 1930s, ringing the changes on engine capacity, wheelbase, and styles of coachwork, but all were aimed squarely at the prestige end of the market where Horch was the only serious domestic rival to Mercedes-Benz. Introduced for the 1936 season, the 4.9-litre Type 853 was powered by a Fritz Fiedler-designed, SOHC, ten-bearing straight eight mounted in a solidly built chassis boasting a four-speed overdrive gearbox and servo-assisted hydraulic brakes. A stylish 'Sportcabriolet', the 853/853a was produced up to the outbreak of war, by which time a mere 950 of these exclusive cars had been built.
This particular car was in a derelict state when discovered ; sadly, all wooden parts of the original factory body were either rotten or missing, while the outer body panels, more than half of which had disappeared, were very rusty. The surviving body parts, together with the engine, gearbox, rear axle, front axle, etc were then dismantled and checked for usability. Carried out by Horch Classic, the restoration commenced in 2012 and was finished in 2017.
The chassis was cleaned, measured, and tested to assess its material strength and corrosion damage, with any areas found below the required standard replaced for reasons of safety. After the body restoration was completed, the chassis was primed and painted in multiple coats for rust protection.
The wooden body frame was constructed anew from ash using drawings and patterns taken from the surviving original parts. As the outer body panels were in poor condition, the body likewise was completely reconstructed. This was done using laser measuring; the body parts were then nailed in place as was usual in period.
Fortunately, the original hood frame was still present and in good condition, and could be fitted to the newly constructed body. Then a new hood was painstakingly fabricated and fitted to the frame.
All mechanical parts such as engine, front and rear axle, differential, gearbox, and steering were dismantled and measured, and any damaged parts repaired or renewed. The windscreen and side-window glass was replaced with laminated glass for safety reasons, and a new wiring loom fabricated using period-correct fabric-insulated cables.
The original engine was subjected to a comprehensive overhaul: the crankshaft was balanced together with the flywheel and vibration damper, while to reduce smoke emissions, special valve guides and seals were used together with special pistons and piston rings. After the overhaul, the engine was bench-tested and adjusted.
A five-speed Getrag gearbox was chosen (later Horch 853 models were available with an optional overdrive) and this modern all-synchromesh transmission makes the car much more pleasurable to drive, as does the special ZF power-assisted steering (easily removable). All fuel lines are copper, and all brake lines made from Kunifer (copper-nickel alloy). The exhaust system is made from stainless steel.
The car was professionally painted in black and then finished with a clear topcoat. A silver coachline was hand-painted on the sides, matching the colour of the interior. The latter was trimmed with new high quality silver leather to the original patterns, and piped in black to match the exterior colour. The dashboard and additional interior woodwork was painstakingly constructed, clad with wood veneer with inserts, then lacquered and polished to a mirror finish. A black woollen carpet, silver-piped to match the upholstery, completes the interior. As one would expect of a car restored by Horch Classic, the quality of the workmanship throughout is outstanding and worthy of the closest inspection.
Will I or won't I? It's getting muggy and hot, especially in my bedroom. Perhaps I will for a few minutes...
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the "Toy Train", is a 610 mm narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. Built between 1879 and 1881, the railway is about 78 kilometres long. Its elevation level varies from about 100 metres at New Jalpaiguri to about 2,200 metres at Darjeeling. Four modern diesel locomotives handle most of the scheduled services; however the daily Kurseong-Darjeeling return service and the daily tourist trains from Darjeeling to Ghum (India's highest railway station) are handled by the vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. The railway, along with the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the Kalka-Shimla Railway, is listed as the Mountain Railways of India World Heritage Site. The headquarters of the railway is in the town of Kurseong. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia.
HISTORY
A broad gauge railway connected Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Siliguri in 1878. Siliguri, at the base of the Himalayas, was connected to Darjeeling by a cart road (the present day Hill Cart Road) on which "Tonga services" (carriage services) were available. Franklin Prestage, an agent of Eastern Bengal Railway Company approached the government with a proposal of laying a steam tramway from Siliguri to Darjeeling. The proposal was accepted in 1879 following the positive report of a committee formed by Sir Ashley Eden, the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Construction started the same year.
Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. constructed the railway. The stretch from Siliguri to Kurseong was opened on 23 August 1880, while the official opening of the line up to Darjeeling was on 4 July 1881. Several engineering adjustments were made later in order to ease the gradient of the rails. Despite natural calamities, such as an earthquake in 1897 and a major cyclone in 1899, the DHR continued to improve with new extension lines being built in response to growing passenger and freight traffic. However, the DHR started to face competition from bus services that started operating over the Hill Cart Road, offering a shorter journey time. During World War II, the DHR played a vital role transporting military personnel and supplies to the numerous camps around Ghum and Darjeeling.
After the independence of India, the DHR was absorbed into Indian Railways and became a part of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone in 1958. In 1962, the line was realigned at Siliguri and extended by nearly 6 km to New Jalpaiguri (NJP) to meet the new broad gauge line there. DHR remained closed for 18 months during the hostile period of Gorkhaland Movement in 1988-89.
The line closed in 2011 due to a 6.8 Magnitude earthquake. The line is currently loss-making and in 2015, Rajah Banerjee, a local tea estate owner, has called for privatisation to encourage investment, which was fiercely resisted by unions.
WORLD HERITAGE SITE
DHR was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1999, only the second railway to have this honour bestowed upon it, the first one being Semmering Railway of Austria in 1998. To be nominated as World Heritage site on the World Heritage List, the particular site or property needs to fulfill a certain set of criteria, which are expressed in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention and its corresponding Operational Guidelines. The site must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. The protection, management, authenticity and integrity of properties are also important considerations.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
The DHR is justified by the following criteria:
Criterion II - The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is an outstanding example of the influence of an innovative transportation system on the social and economic development of a multi-cultural region, which was to serve as a model for similar developments in many parts of the world.
Criterion IV - The development of railways in the 19th century had a profound influence on social and economic developments in many parts of the world. This process is illustrated in an exceptional and seminal fashion by the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY
Since 1881, the original route has been retained in a remarkable condition. Only minimal interventions of an evolutionary nature, such as the reduction of loops, have been carried out. Most of the original steam locomotives are still in use. Like Tea and the Ghurka culture, the DHR has become not only an essential feature of the landscape but also an enduring part of the identity of Darjeeling.
MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL STATUS
The DHR and all its movable and immovable assets, including the authentic railway stations, the line, and the track vehicles, belong to the Government of India entrusted to the Ministry of Railways. The Northeast Frontier Railway documented all the elements of the DHR in a comprehensive register. Apart from that, it handles the day-to-day maintenance and management. But moreover, several programs, divisions and departments of the Indian Railways are responsible for operating, maintaining and repairing the DHR. This includes technical as well as non-technical work. In principle, the only two legal protection mechanisms that apply to the conservation of the DHR are the provisions of the 1989 Railway Act and that it is a public property which is state-owned and therefore protected.
THE ROUTE
The railway line basically follows the Hill Cart Road which is partially the same as National Highway 55. Usually, the track is simply on the road side. In case of landslides both track and road might be affected. As long parts of the road are flanked with buildings, the railway line often rather resembles urban tramway tracks than an overland line.
To warn residents and car drivers about the approaching train, engines are equipped with very loud horns that even drown horns of Indian trucks and buses. Trains honk almost without pause.
Loops and Z-Reverses (or "zig-zag"s)
One of the main difficulties faced by the DHR was the steepness of the climb. Features called loops and Z-Reverses were designed as an integral part of the system at different points along the route to achieve a comfortable gradient for the stretches in between them. When the train moves forwards, reverses and then moves forward again, climbing a slope each time while doing so, it gains height along the side of the hill.
STATIONS
NEW JALPAIGURI JUNCTION (NJP)
New Jalpaiguri is the railway station which was extended to the south in 1964 to meet the new broad gauge to Assam. Where the two met, New Jalpaiguri was created.
SILIGURI TOWN STATION
Siliguri Town was original southern terminus of the line.
SIIGURI JUNCTION
Siliguri Junction became a major station only when a new metre-gauge line was built to Assam in the early 1950s
SUKNA STATION
This station marks the change in the landscape from the flat plains to the wooded lower slopes of the mountains. The gradient of the railway changes dramatically.
LOOP 1 (now removed)
Loop No.1 was in the woods above Sukna. It was removed after flood damage in 1991. The site is now lost in the forest.
RANGTONG STATION
A short distance above Rangtong there is a water tank. This was a better position for the tank than in the station, both in terms of water supply and distance between other water tanks.
LOOP 2 (now removed)
When Loop 2 was removed in 1942, again following flood damage, a new reverse, No.1, was added, creating the longest reverse run.
REVERSE 1
LOOP 3
Loop No.3 is at Chunbatti. This is now the lowest loop.
REVERSE 2 & 3
Reverses No.2 & 3 are between Chunbatti and Tindharia.
TINDHARIA STATION
This is a major station on the line as below the station is the workshops. There is also an office for the engineers and a large locomotive shed, all on a separate site.
Immediately above the station are three sidings; these were used to inspect the carriage while the locomotive was changed, before the train continued towards Darjeeling.
LOOP 4
Agony Point is the name given to loop No.4. It comes from the shape of the loop which comes to an apex which is the tightest curve on the line.
GAYABARI
REVERSE 6
Reverse No.6 is the last reverse on the climb.
MAHANADI STAION
KURSEONG STATION
There is a shed here and a few sidings adjacent to the main line, but the station proper is a dead end. Up trains must reverse out of the station (across a busy road junction) before they can continue on their climb. It is said that the station was built this way so that the train could enter a secure yard and stay there while the passengers left the train for refreshments.
Above Kurseong station, the railway runs through the bazaar. Trains skirt the front of shops and market stalls on this busy stretch of road.
SONADA STATION
Sonada is a small station which serves town of sonada on Darjeeling Himalayan railway. It is on Siliguri - Darjeeling national highway (NH 55).
JOREBUNGALOW STATION
This is a small location near Darjeeling and a railway station on Darjeeling Himalayan railway. Jorebungalow was store point for tea to Calcutta. This is a strategical place to connect Darjeeling to rest of the country.
GHUM STATION
Ghum, summit of the line and highest station in India. Now includes a museum on the first floor of the station building with larger exhibits in the old goods yard. Once this was the railway station at highest altitude overall and is the highest altitude station for narrow gauge railway.
BATASIA LOOP
The loop is 5 kilometres from Darjeeling, below Ghum. There is also a memorial to the Gorkha soldiers of the Indian Army who sacrificed their lives after the Indian Independence in 1947. From the Batasia Loop one can get a panoramic view of Darjeeling town with the Kanchenjunga and other snowy mountains in the back-drop.
DARJEELING STATION
The farthest reach of the line was to Darjeeling Bazaar, a goods-only line and now lost under the road surface and small buildings.
LOCOMOTIVES
CURRENT
STEAM
All the steam locomotives currently in use on the railway are of the "B" Class, a design built by Sharp, Stewart and Company and later the North British Locomotive Company, between 1889 and 1925. A total of 34 were built, but by 2005 only 12 remained on the railway and in use (or under repair).
In 2002, No. 787 was rebuilt with oil firing. This was originally installed to work on the same principle as that used on Nilgiri Mountain Railway No.37395. A diesel-powered generator was fitted to operate the oil burner and an electrically-driven feed pump, and a diesel-powered compressor was fitted to power the braking system. Additionally, the locomotive was fitted with a feedwater heater. The overall result was a dramatic change in the appearance of the locomotive. However, the trials of the locomotive were disappointing and it never entered regular service. In early 2011, it was in Tindharia Works awaiting reconversion to coal-firing.
In March 2001, No.794 was transferred to the Matheran Hill Railway to allow a "Joy Train" (steam-hauled tourist train) to be operated on that railway. It did not, however, enter service there until May 2002.
DIESEL
Four diesel locomotives are in use: Nos. 601-2, 604 and 605 of the NDM6 class transferred from the Matheran Hill Railway.
PAST
In 1910 the railway purchased the third Garratt locomotive built, a D Class 0-4-0+0-4-0.
Only one DHR steam locomotive has been taken out of India, No.778 (originally No.19). After many years out of use at the Hesston Steam Railway, it was sold to an enthusiast in the UK and restored to working order. It is now based on a private railway (The Beeches Light Railway) in Oxfordshire but has run on the Ffestiniog Railway, the Launceston Steam Railway and the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway.
IN POPULAR CULTURE
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has long been viewed with affection and enthusiasm by travellers to the region and the Earl of Ronaldshay gave the following description of a journey in the early 1920s:
"Siliguri is palpably a place of meeting . . The discovery that here the metre gauge system ends and the two foot gauge of the Darjeeling-Himalayan railway begins, confirms what all these things hint at... One steps into a railway carriage which might easily be mistaken for a toy, and the whimsical idea seizes hold of one that one has accidentally stumbled into Lilliput. With a noisy fuss out of all proportion to its size the engine gives a jerk - and starts... No special mechanical device such as a rack is employed - unless, indeed, one can so describe the squat and stolid hill-man who sits perched over the forward buffers of the engine and scatters sand on the rails when the wheels of the engine lose their grip of the metals and race, with the noise of a giant spring running down when the control has been removed.
Sometimes we cross our own track after completing the circuit of a cone, at others we zigzag backwards and forwards; but always we climb at a steady gradient - so steady that if one embarks in a trolley at Ghum, the highest point on the line, the initial push supplies all the energy necessary to carry one to the bottom."
The trip up to Darjeeling on railway has changed little since that time, and continues to delight travellers and rail enthusiasts, so much so that it has its own preservation and support group, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society.
Several films have portrayed the railway. Especially popular was the song Mere sapno ki rani from the film Aradhana where the protagonist Rajesh Khanna tries to woo heroine Sharmila Tagore who was riding in the train. Other notable films include Barfi!, Parineeta and Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. The Darjeeling Limited, a film directed by Wes Anderson, features a trip by three brothers on a fictional long-distance train based very loosely on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
TELEVISION
The BBC made a series of three documentaries dealing with Indian Hill Railways, shown in February 2010. The first film covers the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway, the second the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the third the Kalka-Shimla Railway. The films were directed by Tarun Bhartiya, Hugo Smith and Nick Mattingly and produced by Gerry Troyna. The series won the UK Royal Television Society Award in June 2010. Wes Anderson's film The Darjeeling Limited also showcases three brothers riding the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
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