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Train driver with his assistants take the daily run from Kurseong back to Darjeeling, the shorter 32Km journey of the DHR. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. The elevation level is from about 100 m at Siliguri to about 2200 m at Darjeeling. It is still powered by a steam engine and travels daily between the two towns. It is now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. India. (Photo by Christopher Pillitz/In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)