The highlight of travelling from Chandigarh to Shimla was a ride on a Toy Train that takes 6 hours to reach Shimla. This railway was built by the British in 1903 who needed a smart and reliable transport to get to their holiday destination and summer oasis without the heat. Shimla became the summer capital of the British Raj for many years. Obviously the Brits thought that they will be staying around in India for a while - they made a great effort to built the railway, which goes through 102 tunels, 889 bridges, 919 curves and moves through beautiful hillsides. Nowadays, happy indian honey-moon goers (usually from South India) and videshis like myself, enjoy the memories of the great British past.
Kalka train today and in 1903.
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