26th of January

Today we caught the Toy Train (also known as the Himalayan Queen) down from Shimla to Kalkua and then the Shitabdi to Delhi. The Toy Train is so called because of the gauge of the tracks it rides on. When you see them it makes you think of the tracks that are in use at amusement parks, the kind of train that kids sit on top of rather than inside of. I was fully expecting to have to do that, but fortunately there was an actual inside of carriage to get into.

We descended around 800 m over about 5 hours with a run of about 100 km. Not the worlds fastest train, but certainly one of the more scenic trains I have been on.