Toy Train

by BDK

Two reasons to come to Darjeeling, to see Everest and to ride the Toy Train.

Built in 1944, steam locomotive.

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The railway was built in the 1850s by the Brits.

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Along the way we came across the local communist party holding a rally. Might have been 20 people standing around listening.

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When the train stopped in Ghum they cleaned out the fire box. This fellow was there to pick through the ashes for unburned pieces of coal.

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