Darjeeling Delights and more – Narrow gauge steam operated railways in the Indian Sub-Continent
Ray Schofield
- Region:
- London
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby
- Fee:
- Unknown
- Category:
- Travel
- Updated:
- 6th January 2026
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An hour long presentation that could be made suitable for a general purpose group. It could also be trimmed to just 30 minutes. In India, in colonial times, the various centres of administration vacated to ‘Hill Stations’ during the hottest months. The respective summer capitals for Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta, to use colonial names, each had a narrow gauge railway serving it and each of these railways were very different. Ray looks at these mountain lines with their dedicated locomotive types, and also, some of the other narrow gauge operations which served the plains. The presentation includes a brief look at Sri Lanka and also views of two of the hill-station locos which serve heritage operations in the UK.
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Retired Chartered Engineer who has undertaken tour management for UK worldwide rail travel company. Widely travelled, much of which is independent, around the 5 continents of the world plus Aus and NZ. Visited parts that most others haven’t e.g., North Korea, Pakistan, Eritrea, Paraguay, Syria .......
Talks are generally associated with trains (mostly nostalgic steam) the railways themselves and associated historical aspects. Most talks were planned for railway interest groups but can be tailored to audience, whether knowledgeable on rail subjects or not and using both Ray's own photo material and other sourced images.
Presentations will be in digital format and in Power Point format.
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