Aravankadu station with munitions factory above Coonor. By Rob Dickinson, 1990.

The pleasures of train travel. Fernhill, NMR, 2003-10-29. John Lacey.

X37392 is supervised by the canines of. Coonoor, 2003-10-29. John Lacey.

Everyone is a film star on the Nilagiri Passenger. Coonoor, 2003-10-29. John Lacey.

X Class 37392 backs down to its train at Coonoor. Coonoor, 2003-10-29. By Wp7713 ( John Lacey).

King of Ootty "X" class loco gets ready to attach itself on the ooty toy train from Mettupalayam. (deepak murali)

X Class steam loco #37392 brings in the Metupalayam - Udhagamandalam Passenger, while YDM-4 #6414 takes a breather after bringing in the Udhagamandal - Coonoon Passenger. (Harish Kumar)

Platform 1 of Coonoor (ONR) (Divyan)

The 662 passenger from MTP to UAM climbs up into ONR, poshed by a steam lotomotive. From ONR to UAM the train is diesel hauled (divyan)

The guard of 662 applies the brakes as it slowly pulls to a halt at ONR (divyan)

Oil-fired steam locomotive built by Golden Rock Workshops hauling the NMR train in March 2011. (Ravi Subbuswamy)

This X class locomotive was waiting for the signal with its flatbed to go up hill towards Coonoor. This photo was taken near an LC located on the CBE-Ooty highway. (Alex P John)

Steam and diesel side by side at Conoor (Jayasankar Madhavadas)

X class steam locomotive lets out steam as the shed employees prepares it to haul the Ooty-Mettupalayam passenger from Coonoor. (Alex P John)