India 2016 - Nilgiri Rack Railway

Certainly one of the nicest railways in India (and also the most difficult to film). This railway climbs the Nigiri (Blue Mountains) from Mettupalayam to Ooty on a meter gauge track fitted with an ABT rack. Huge 0-8-2 T rack locomotives, originally built in Switzerland (SLM Winterthur), are used on the steepest part of the line. Diesel-electric locomotives take over on the last (and easier) part of the line. Unfortunately, all trains are pushed by the locomotives, chimney forward for the steam locomotives, which does not help the photographer.