Photos taken  by Sushil Dikshit - part 1

Sushil reports in January  2007,
that work is in progress replacing old wooden sleepers with concrete  sleepers near Sukna and replacing worn out rails near Mahanadi.
Steel sleepers are being used to replace wooden sleepers up to Gidday  Pahar (Gladstone Rock).
Overhauling of the tracks is ongoing near the Tourist Lodge, Kurseong  and onwards towards Darjeeling

2D Down train  at Kurseong - September 2006

Temporary track  laid on the new road bridge at Panchanai while
repairs are made to the old railway (&road) bridge

Landslide due to rains at  Darjeeling - late September 2006

Landslide due to rains at  Darjeeling - late September 2006

Landslide due to rains near  Kurseong - late September 2006

Repairs to the cross-over  at Kurseong