Fairy Queen is a dream. Operation again on October 18, 1997, after sleeping for 90 years is more a moment of the most exciting in the history of tourism in India and became a milestone in the life of the Railway Company (Indian Railways).
This single event acts as a trigger for sudden steam lok-lok began appearing again, with pride, the Indian Railways system, although with a limited purpose, namely to attract tourists to the cars at close range. And not long after this event has become a fashion even among elite Railways to spice up the conversation with the experience of the steam train.
Nostalgia, that’s what we hear day-to-hani. Inspired by the success of the Fairy Queen, Ghosh, a technician at the Indian railway companies, trying to revive a class locomotive HGS and run from Howrah to Tribeni in August 1999. This is followed by a lokomotifuap others in Guwahati, again thanks to the encouragement of a General Manager of the train named Bisht resolute.
In the next event lokomorif steam locomotive was also operated on routes and mineral-Kalka-Shimla Marheran with a grand finale on 16 April, 2002 a historic event rehash the launch of the first train in India in 1853 on the Mumbai-Thane route in order anniversary celebration the first 50 Indian Railway Company.
Repetition of these events is a great tribute to the Indian Railway Company in the operation of lok-lok with a highly efficient steam so many people loved. Why not? With fire in his belly, and a unique personality, the steam locomotive is more humane than all we know.
And for tourists who visit India, a train pulled by a steam locomotive is an unforgettable experience. For example, the Fairy Queen Express. At a cost of 10 000 rupees (This fee is inclusive of all or an all inclusive) we can enjoy a safari trip for two days and perhaps this is “the best steam heritage tourism package” or a steam train tour packages in the world.
Train operates every two times Saturday, October through March, and tickets can be ordered from the National Rail Museum, New Delhi, the International Tourist Bureau in New Delhi Railway Station or in any foreign representatives in the Indian Railways.
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, which was drawn by locomotives ever to circumnavigate the world, has now declared a world heritage site or cultural world heritage sites. When we visited this train, we too can enjoy the natural beauty of Darjeeling as a hill station in addition to retrace the old rail trail.
A tourist who wanted to travel to South India do not forget to visit the steam locomotives of class X that run on Nilgiri Mountain railway lines, one between the two Railways rack (toothed rail road) contained in the world. There’s more other places that are not less interesting, “Ooty”, which dijulukis sa “queen of hill stations’ in India.