A Toy Train Mail cover carried by the Train
called Tusker, from Siliguri to Sukna , as a part of a philatelic event under
125th year of Darjeling Himalayan Railway in 2006.
It is signed by the mailman and a good part of the DHR history.
Here is
another First day of issue cover commemorating the stamp for the Toy Train
and also carried by Toy Train in 1976 from Darjeeling to Ghoom.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway also
known as the "Toy Train", is
a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs
between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in West Bengal. Built between 1879 and 1881, the railway is about 78
kilometres (48 mi) long. Its elevation level varies from about 100
metres (328 ft) at New Jalpaiguri to about 2,200 metres (7,218 ft)
at Darjeeling.
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