Darjeeling (UK)

Photo courtsey: www.dhrs.org

To most it would appear strange that a railway present in one country could bcome the point of attraction in another. But this is what exactly has happened with the famed Darjeeling Railway in the United Kingdom where the only engine from the Darjeeling Himalayan railway to have ever escaped from the country has been purchased by one proud member of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society in UK. The society plans to use it to educate the public about the heritage train ride in the northern part of West Bengal in India. The locomotive was formerly in the Unitd States and had recently become a liability for them. Responding to his enthusiasm for steam locomotives, Mr. Adrian Shooter; Managing Director of Chiltern Railways, bought the engine and sent it off for restoration. Initially no. 19 the loco was later christned as no. 778. Here's to the great work being done by the DHRS and Mr. Adrian Shooter.Cheers!