Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Tamil Nadu · India

Nilgiri Mountain Railway, India
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October to March
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This rack railway climbs through forested hills from the plains to the hill town of Ooty in the Nilgiri range. Steam engines still work the steepest sections of this historic line.

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