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Steam locomotive at Coonoor Loco Workshop

Steam locomotive at Coonoor Loco Workshop, photo by Milind Sathe
Steam locomotive at Coonoor Loco Workshop


I spent several hours on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway. While everything about this route is romantic, nothing beats the raw steam power of the vintage steam locomotives still in operation. 

The loco workshop at Coonoor must be having a bunch of passionate magicians who keep very old steam locomotives up and running. 

                   Here is my blog post on Nilgiri Mountain Railway

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