Indian Hill Railways

Did anyone catch this charming 3-part series when it was on BBC4 very recently?
It's on BBC2 starting this Friday at 9pm
I can't praise it highly enough - you don't need to be a fan of railways to enjoy it; you probably need to have a fondness for India
Here's a link

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Must remember to watch that DM, . . I love railways.

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You will love it then nero - little narrow gauge railways, the engines a hangover from british rule, being nurtured and coddled and held together with bits of string and they chug up steep steep ascents into the Himalayas - they are at Shimla waiting for the snow to arrive in the last programme.
And the porters - carrying so much weight, using a strap round their forehad, with the load balanced on their inclined back - their necks must be soooo strong.
Really really good TV

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There's a steam railway near me that the SRPS restored many years ago, . . they have some really old locos and rolling stock, . . there's two carriages I love, the old slam-door type with individual compartments, and no connecting corridor.

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Just bumping this up
9pm tonight!

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Yeah, . . just finished watching it DM, . . what a fantastic program, the porter Sita is a hardy woman isn't she, that load she was carrying would've killed me.
I was so proud to hear the steam locos were made only 25 miles from where I live, in Glasgow, . . I saw they've finished restoring loco 288, . . the line was built in 1889, . . it's 52 miles long and climbs 7,000 feet, . . fantastic stuff.

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I'm really glad you enjoyed it nero
2 more programmes to go