The construction of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a 46-km long metre-gauge single-track railway in Tamil Nadu State was first proposed in 1854, but due to the difficulty of the mountainous location ...

Lovedale rose in prominence after the Nilgiri Mountain Railway became operational. The railway also called the toy train, was constructed to connect Ooty to the plains below. The mountain railway ...

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, also called the Nilgiri Hill Railway and the "Toy Train" by locals, received UNESCO World Heritage status in 2005. It is part of the "Mountain Railways of India ...