Believe of a land where snow clad mountains melt down to serpentine rivulets as well as the sun languidly penetrates the misty mornings to heat verdant valleys plaited in lush vegetation, multi-colored populace of birds and flowers and equally warm-hearted folks! Additional than a title will come to mind and one particular of them has to become - Himachal Pradesh - if you might be a connoisseur of organic magnificence, that's. A mini prepare has hissed by way of this paradisiacal land for any century ferrying curious vacationers who arrive to 'feel the mountains'. The Indian Railway and Himachal Tourism intervened to formalize the sojourn of the toy practice, as it really is fondly referred to as, sketching a track from Kalka to Shimla via twenty stations, 103 tunnels, 969 bridges and 919 curves in its entire journey. This 'small wonder' also seems inside the Guinness E-book of Globe Data since the greatest narrow gauge engineering achievement in India.

Services and Amenities
» The Deluxe Rail Motor Automobile - This can be a 2nd Planet War classic bus look-a-like. Having a ability for 14 passengers, it reaches its vacation spot in four.25 hrs. The auto includes a transparent fibre-glass roof for a luxuriant view from the sapphire-sky. Digital time-cum-temperature show unit, altimeter and route indication board are its priceless add-ons.

» The Shivalik Deluxe Convey - It is the Howrah-Kalka Mail for Shimla. Ferrying 120 guests, it reaches its vacation spot in 4.45 hrs. The coaches are equipped with wide glass windows, ergonomically intended reversible cushioned chairs, fancy electrical fittings, wall-to-wall carpeting, contemporary toilet facilities, exclusive cabins for couples, a songs process, communication amenities together with the guard and customised on-board catering companies. Special coaches may be connected to your Specific for those having a panache for elite traveling.

» The Shivalik Palace (Tourist Mentor) -It can accommodate six persons and is equipped with exclusive kitchenware, on board catering, songs system, indoor games, magazine/ books, modern bathroom, folding beds and eating table with cushioned chair. In addition, you'll find two complimentary retiring rooms at Shimla for one particular working day.

» The Shivalik Queen Tourist Mentor - A comparatively late entrant to the Kalka-Shimla part will be the Shivalik Queen, which is often a luxury coach. It is divided into two portions consisting of two coupes each. The trainer is outfitted with ultramodern services and fittings like wall-to-wall carpets, altimeter, fancy lights and chrome plated luggage rack.

Tour Map
Kalka - Barog - Dharampore - Taksai - Gamma - Solan - Shimla

Tour Itinerary
From Kalka, (2,100 ft), the trail chugs up the foothills hissing by means of the Koti Tunnel to reach Dharampur (four,900 ft), twenty miles from Kalka. From here the railway gains around the street by taking brief cuts and tunnels as much as Taradevi, where the rail winds gracefully round the summer time hill Jatogh and burrows under Inverarm Hill to emerge below the road around the south aspect of Inverarm at its 59th mile. After Dagshai (5,200 ft) it descends to Solan (four,900 ft) and further to Kandaghat (4,667 feet) exactly where the last ascent in direction of Shimla begins.

All through its length of 60 miles, the line runs inside a continuous succession of reverse curves up to 120 feet radius together the valleys and steep ridges, flanking mountains and increasing to an elevation of six,800 ft at Shimla Railway.