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The Darjeeling Mail

Our quarterly  magazine packed with a wide variety of subject matter regarding the line, including the latest news. Articles will cover everything from the lines history to tips on travel, both to it and on it; everything, in fact from construction histories to present workings, complemented by drawings and  photographs.

In the current  issue :- Issue 103, published August 2023


  1 From the Editor

              Ignoring the benefit of Foresight!

  2 From the Chairman

  3 An invitation to a great day out on 6 August!

  4 News from the line

  5 Public Relations Notes

  5 Northeast Frontier Railway

  6 Tragedy at Balasore

  7 Rewari Heritage Steam Shed

  7 Art on the Move

  7 Rail Enthusiasts Society

  9 Zero to £300,000 in ten weeks!

 12 The Auction of 19B

 14 A Darjeeling Vision – part 2!

 18 From Steeple Aston to Statfold

 23 19B Finance from DTLT Ltd

 24 A little light relief...

 28 Family Photos from 1931

 30 Indian narrow-gauge news

 30 DHRS Archives

 31 Letters


Details of Issues 1 to 48 of The Darjeeling Mail
can be down loaded as a PDF file here.

Back Issues 49 to 52

Back Issues 53 to 56

Back Issues 57 to 60

Much of the content of Darjeeling Mail is timeless, plus the news pages relive the line’s history and development in recent years.

Individual back copies are available via our Internet web shop
Single copies price £3.00 each
Pus postage; free to UK addresses, £2.00 to Europe, £3.00 to the Rest of the World
Please contact
sales@dhrs.org for available issues before ordering.

Back Issues 61 to 64

Back Issues 68 to 68

Back Issues 69 to 72

Back Issues 73 to 76


Your Editor giving some embarrassingly passionate speeches!
Whilst in Darjeeling November 2016

Back Issues 77 to 80

Back Issues 81 to 84

Back Issues 85 to 88

Back Issues 89 to 92

Back Issues 93 to 96

Back Issues 97 to 100

Back Issues 101 to 104