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Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Swiss-built steam locomotive of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway crossing the viaduct at Wellington, near Coonoor, Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Built by the British in 1908 to serve the tea plantations, the line runs 42 km from Mettupalayam to Coonoor, and uses a rack-and-pinion system to climb the steep gradient - the steepest in Asia.

Author: Michael Freeman

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Photo size: 19.2 Mpixels (54.9 MB uncompressed) - 3585x5352 pixels (12x17.8 in / 30.4x45.3 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: coonoor, hills, locomotive, mountain, nilgiri, railway, steam, tea

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