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The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a railway in Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908. I met this gentleman while walking around the engine shed at Coonoor. He explained some of the features on the Nilgiri Queen steam locomotive, and how the locomotives of the railway had been converted from coal to oil fired. Unfortunately our comprehension of each other was limited so I only got the gist of what he was saying! Turned out after meeting the shed master shortly after, this engineer had actually received an award from the Prime Minister of India with respect to the work he had done in implementing the oil firing system on the steam locomotives on the Nilgiri Railway. Going back to the conversation I had with him he was clearly very proud of his award! I took the photos to send to him as hard copies.
The Nilgiri Queen:
# 37398
X Class
Built: 2013
Commissioned: 2013-Apr-11
Conversion to Oil Burner: 2013
(Per the sign in the yard)
1O7A8103
The Nilgiri Himal is a range of three peaks in the Annapurna region in Nepal. It is composed of Nilgiri South (6839 m), Nilgiri Central (6940 m) and Nilgiri North (7061 m).
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Nilgiri South taken from Tatopani, Myagdi, Nepal at Sunset. The small village is the end of the trek for the Annapurna Circuit and a great place to relax in the natural hot water spring.
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