A Journey to Shimla: by Toy Train

by Sumit Raj Vashisht

In 1891, the railway line to Kalka from Ambala was opened but it took a couple of years more to begin work on the Kalka Shimla Railway. The burning heat of Indian summers made people sweaty during the whole of the journey from Calcutta, now Kolkata, to Kalka. The wooden box like railway compartments which had no fans fitted and air conditioning was just a dream, creaked, rattled and bumped while moving on the steel rails and puffed hot wind through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503142566
• ISBN13: 9781503142565
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 8.5"