Article: Nilgri Mountain Railway now a World Heritage Site.

Article: Mountain railway: ahead of its time: Switzerland's ...
Swiss News;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Educational, Social, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list. The distinction would pay tribute to the ingenuity ... views make a strong Swiss case for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list. How did they ... ? The Wiesen viaduct wasn't ...

Article: Nilgiri Mountain Railways, now a World Heritage
The Hindustan Times;  November 24, 2005 ;     482 words ... ... Nov. 24 -- The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR), famous for its ... Cultural Organisation) as World Heritage Site, Union Minister ... a plaque proclaiming "World Heritage Status" for Nilgiri Mountain Railway at Mettupalayam railway ...

Article: Shimla Toy Train bids for World Heritage status
The Hindustan Times;  September 12, 2007 ;     528 words ... ... asset listed as a World Heritage site. United Nations ... being included in the World Heritage sites on Tuesady ... Railway and the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu. On ... threatened to withdraw its World Heritage status. The six ...

India Mountain Railway
AP Images;  November 9, 2008 ;     241 words ... ... Shimla, India, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008. The 96-kilometer (60-mile) long single track working rail is one of the three mountain railways of India which was recently included in UNESCO's World Heritage list. (AP photo/ Anil Dayal)

Article: India's river island, hill trains vie for World ...
The Hindustan Times;  June 23, 2008 ;     610 words ... ... inclusion into the Unesco's World Heritage List. The World Heritage Committee will discuss United ... Himalayan Railways, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Kalka-Shimla Railway ... be included in Unesco's World Heritage List. In this year's ...

Article: Mountain railway's ex-owner goes bust; `No worries' ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Hywel Trewyn EIGHTY workers at Snowdon Mountain Railway have been told it's business as ... bought 90pc of the shares in Snowdon Mountain Railway and became a director in August ... Heritage Great Britain bought Snowdon Mountain Railway, Land's End and John O'Groats ...

Article: Taxpayers face GBP50m mountain railway bill ...
The Sunday Herald;  September 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... financial mess that is the Cairngorm mountain railway could end up costing taxpayers GBP50 ... than two years. Since then, as the mountain railway has tried to weather a series of worsening ... million pound problems plaguing the mountain railway. NEED TO KNOW MORE? www. hie ...