Tara-Devi Ry. Station. Up train, plague inspection. Plague inspection at Tara Devi was undertaken to keep the disease from getting into Simla and the hills beyond. A Thresh steam disinfector was used. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak
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View looking down onto the station and the plague inspection train, with plague inspection huts on the hillside behind. [Silver printing-out paper, 209x155mm].
Solon Brewery Ry. Station on K.S.R. line. Crossing of up and down train and taking waters. The first passenger train to run on the Kalka-Simla railway started in 1903. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak
1903. The tonga terminus at Simla, afterwards incorpated in the railway terminus. Above is Winterfield, office of the Executive Engineer, Simla Provincial Division. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak
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View looking along the road, lined with parked tongas, with Winterfield on the hillside above. [Silver printing-out paper, 153x107mm].