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.[1] The railway is operated by the Southern Railway[2] and is the only rack railway in India.
The railway relies on its fleet of steam locomotives.[3] NMR switched to diesel locomotives on the section between Mettupalyam and Udhagamandalam. Local people and visitors led a campaign to return to steam locomotives in this section.[3]
In July 2005, UNESCO added the Nilgiri Mountain Railway as an extension to the World Heritage Site of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. The site then became known as Mountain Railways of India.[4][5]
^"Mountain Railways of India". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
^"Nilgirimountain railway". Indianrailway.gov.in. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ abIndian Hill Railways: The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (TV). BBC. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
^NMR added as a World Heritage Site
^"Mountain Railways of India". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 30 April 2006.
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