The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, no. 7406570. Registered office: 1 Interfields Cottage, Lower Interfields, Malvern, England, WR14 1UU
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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 93, published February 2021
1 From the Editor
John Clemmens
2 From the Chairman
2021 Annual General Meeting
Zoom Meeting for Members in the Summer
3 News from the line
7 Public Relations Notes
Indian Railway Board News
General Manager – Northeast Frontier Railway
8 Education Group
9 Kavita and Teresa!
11 Intitiative and opportunity
12 Indian narrow-gauge news
Matheran Hill Railway
Kalka Shimla Railway
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
13 Three Western Railway narrow gauge lines reprieved
14 Darjeeling – Cleaning Drive
15 Ffestiniog links to the DHR
The Spooners
Spooner & Co
The Prestages
The Barnards
20 Inspection Car of 1907
22 Daily life around the DHR
25 Building the Society archive
29 The Education Group at work
30 Letters
31 Books
32 DHRS Sales
Details of Issues 1 to 48 of The Darjeeling Mail
can be down loaded as a PDF file here.
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.
Your Editor giving some embarrassingly passionate speeches!
Whilst in Darjeeling November 2016
