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[[Image:The_Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway.jpg|thumb|''Diesels can only haul NMR trains on the top section between Coonoor and Ooty'']]
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A metre gauge rack railway that is today a tourist attraction and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Diesels can only haul NMR trains on the top section between Coonoor and Ooty.
== History ==
Following the opening of the [[Madras Railway]] broad gauge line from [[Madras]] to [[Calicut]] in 1862, a 26 mile, broad gauge branch from [[Podanur]] to [[Mettupalaiyam]] was opened to traffic in 1873 and plans discussed to extend this into the [[Nilgiri Hills]] - the "Blue Mountains".
In due course, the NMR became part of '''Southern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways.
== Gallery==
<gallery>
File:The Nilgiri Mountain Railway.jpg|<center> The Nilgiri Mountain Railway.jpg </center>
File:NMR at Coonoor.jpg| <center> At Coonoor station </center>
File:NMR looking back.jpg| <center>Looking back up the track </center>
File:NMR tunnel.jpg| <center>Through a tunnel </center>
File:NMR station at Ooty.jpg| <center>Ooty Station sign </center>
File:NMR at Ooty.jpg| <center>At Ooty Station </center>
</gallery>
== External links ==
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/The_Nilgiris "The Nilgiris"] ''Love to know 1911''.
The DVD ''Indian Hill Railways (Darjeeling, Nilgiri, Kalka-Shimla)'' is available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/B003WL66JI FIBIS Shop] This DVD is for Region 2 and may not be viewable outside Europe.
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]
