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*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.
External Link to film
== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROLhcpkTYuk Indian Hill Stations - The Kalka -Shimla Railway]Youtube.com. One hour BBC Documentary Film
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalka%E2%80%93Shimla_Railway Kalka-Shimla Railway] Wikipedia
*[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r019.html "Hill Lines of India"] ''Mike's Railway History''.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-05/1273680739 thread] advises that duties of one soldier while on the Unattached List included the training in weaponry of the builders of one of the Indian railways (probably the Kalka-Simla), in order to defend themselves from attacks which were an ever present threat.
