To the Top of the World by Steam

The Darjeeling - Himalayan is totally charming and once out of the frenetic lower portion, so are the people. We start our journey at Siliguri, the site of the engine shed and an Indian Rail Station. So there are three gauges - broad gauge, meter gauge and the two foot Darjeeling. During the journey, our railway crosses Hill Cart Road 117 times, and rise 6874 feet to the summit at Ghum. Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the work at over 28,000 feet was visable from near Darjeeling.