Gaurav Purwar

Kalka is not only a terminus of the broad gauge railway of India. However, from there one of the mountain railways of India originate. This railway line is around 96 km long and connects Kalka with Shimla. It passes through diversified scenes and shows marvelous engineering. There is a roadway that connects Shimla with Kalka, but to be the part of my bucket list, I chose this rail route. How is this rail route different from other rail routes?  This mountain rail route is identified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. And do you know, this 96 km rail route has around: 988 bridges 917 curves (with a few which are too sharp) 102 tunnels (I counted it by myself) The whole route is covered with dense forest and rich diversity. In some instances, you might find clouds floating near you, plants waving you off, mountains running by your side and the Sun playing hide & seek with you. On 31st August 2019, I was lucky to witness this heritage rou...

** From running behind the time, to be on time ** It is the evening of August 30th, 2019. The squad is excited as it will be the first trip after we separated. Our bags are packed, all bookings are confirmed and we all are waiting to reunite. We decided to meet at the Old Delhi Metro Station and from there we will walk together to the railway station and there we will be going to board our train. __ August 30th, 2019 11:45 pm Everything was on time, but our train is not. When we boarded our train, it was running late by 3 hours, only God knows how much it will be going to delay. And with this delay, we are sure that we will be going to miss our first Toy Train ride from the Kalka station. We started to look at other possible options and just praying for some miracle. __ August 31st, 2019 01:00 am We don't know where we are on the Google Map, but the good news is we are running late by 2 hours, and our train is covering its delay time. With this, there is a go...