A steam-powered heritage toytrain engine has already been brought down to boost tourist attraction. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has taken initiative to repair and bring 14 rooms of the British era before the assembly polls. Railway authorities claim that tourists still want to know how toy trains were run during the British period. Keeping that in mind, this is an initiative to give that feeling.

Director of DHR Rishabh Chowdhury said that new things are being tried to increase the attraction of tourists. Tourists from home and abroad want to know how the toy train was run during the British period. For that reason, three British era steam engines have been brought from the museum and repaired and brought down on the track. Using a Safari. The other two will be used in Safari. This time, along with the engine, an initiative has been taken to repair the rooms of the British period. 14 ancient rooms will be repaired within a year and gifted to tourists.

Raj Basu, Chairman of the State Eco Tourism Committee, is happy with such an initiative of the Railways. He said, “The demand for toytrains is increasing. Toytrains are a nostalgic thing for tourists. The initiative taken by DHR is really commendable.” According to DHR sources, two steam-powered heritage toytrain engines were brought from Bengaluru to Darjeeling last year. Another engine was at the Tindharia workshop. Attempts are being made to repair that too and put it on track. This time an initiative has been taken to repair 14 old rooms of Toytrain. The British-era rooms will be brought down on track within a year. Tourists will get a nostalgic feeling by climbing it

Chairman of State Eco Tourism Committee said that toytrain is not only a passenger service vehicle. Intertwined with this is the history of the Queen of Hill with British era technology and the art of the hill dwellers. This time, the art of the British will emerge from the pages of history in front of the tourists. Meanwhile, the diesel engine has replaced the steam engine of the toy train in Pahari. Old hill stations have been repaired and renovated. New state-of-the-art rooms have been introduced to increase tourist attraction. But demand for old-fashioned toy trains is still high among foreign tourists. For that reason, the initiative to highlight the history of the Queen of Hill in the tourist toy train tour.