COONOOR Railway Station (Coonoor)

India / Tamil Nadu / Kunur / Coonoor
 interesting place, railway station
Built in 1897, this quaint station was the terminus of the NIlgiri Mountain Railway from June 1899 to 1908, till the extension of the railway to Ootacamund in Oct 1908. The Swiss built steam engines of this railway are homed at the Loco Shed at Coonoor, having facilities for its upkeep and maintenance, and a hand operated British crane built in 1886 is still in use here.

Do read about the public effort to keep this 114 yrs old railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in running condition, in the book:NMR-FROM LIFELINE TO OBLIVION by V.M. Govind Krishnan. This book is available at Higginbothams in Ooty, and can also be ordered online on this link:
notionpress.com/read/nilgiri-mountain-railway-nmr.
This book is listed in the 152 yrs old Nilgiri Library , Ootacamund, and in the Transportation Library of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
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Coordinates:   11°20'40"N   76°47'29"E

Comments

  • Yes. I have gone through the book by Govind Krishnan on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and can endorse to the many interesting facts, figures and authentic information given therein. One should possess this copy for knowing almost completely the working of this type of railway almost in our own backyard. Pictures are superb and the links given in FB are an interesting feast to the eye.
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