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The Darjeeling Mail
Our quarterly magazine packed with a wide variety of subject matter regarding the line, including the latest news. Articles will cover everything from the lines history to tips on travel, both to it and on it; everything, in fact from construction histories to present workings, complemented by drawings and photographs.
In the current issue :- Issue 85, published February 2019
1 From the Editor
3 Delhi, Siliguri and Darjeeling
The National Rail Museum and the Indian Steam
Railway Society Congress
Schools Programme and DHR Preservation Society
FOSEP
The UNESCO “DHR Workshop” programme
Darjeeling Railway Community Support (DRCS) and
Rohini School
Kiddie First School, Sukna
Walking the line from NJP to Siliguri Town
Siliguri Town old station
Bidhan Road – route of the Teesta Valley branch
Walking the sidings, loops and reveses
The Mileposts
The printing works at Kurseong
Margaret’s Deck – near Tung Station
A flying visit to Tindharia loco shed and Works
The future
27 Public Relations Notes
DHR evening steam-hauled service
Indian Railways – Senior Appointments
India’s Longest Road/Rail Bridge
Building barriers to save lives
Metre-gauge Revival
Nilgiri News
Matheran Line
Kalka-Shimla News
Indian Narrow-gauge News
29 Society Events
30 The DHR CCMP Story so far
32 A Rare DHR Timepiece
32 Books
32 Website
Details of Back Issues 1 to 48 of The Darjeeling Mail
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Much of the content of Darjeeling Mail is timeless, plus the news pages relive the line’s history and development in recent years.
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Your Editor giving some embarrassingly passionate speeches!
Whilst in Darjeeling November 2016
