Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 14, 2010

The Mountain railways of India refer to the railway lines built in the mountains of India. Three of these railways, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and Kalka–Shimla Railway have been collectively designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, also named as "Mountain Railways of India", while the fourth railway, Matheran Hill Railway is in tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. These are the only narrow-gauge railways remaining in India. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is also, the only rack railway in India. Given the terrain that they were constructed on, in the British Raj, they were considered, "outstanding examples of the interchange of values on development in technology" and engineering marvels. Some railways are under construction like Jammu–Baramulla line. Few railways are proposed to be built in future, such as Bilaspur–Leh line, Jammu–Poonch line, Srinagar–Leh line and Chota Char Dham Railway. Mountain railways constructed in recent times all use 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.