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The Darjeeling Mail
Our quarterly magazine packed with a wide variety of subject matter regarding the line, including the latest news. Articles will cover everything from the lines history to tips on travel, both to it and on it; everything, in fact from construction histories to present workings, complemented by drawings and photographs.
In the current issue :- Issue 113, published February 2026
1 From the Editor
2 From the Chairman
2 Proposed DHR Freight Train Charter Tour
3 News from the line
6 Public Relations Notes
Rail Enthusiasts Society - Wildlife Tragedy
7 Commissioning 607
8 The 1960s Vacuum Trials
12 Come and see 19B’s new boiler
13 DRCS Report
14 Progress with 19B
15 A life-changing connection
17 Wing Commander Dick Cresswell
(Editor’s note)
18 Sir Mark Tully KBE
20 ‘Tully Sahib’
21 Sustaining Heritage
28 A visit to Pratapnager
29 Indian narrow-gauge news
29 A new book service
30 If you wish to sell books:
30 If you wish to buy books:
31 Reviews
31 Website
32 DHRS Sales
Details of Issues 1 to 48 of The Darjeeling Mail
can be down loaded as a PDF file here.
Much of the content of Darjeeling Mail is timeless, plus the news pages relive the line’s history and development in recent years.
Individual back copies are available via our Internet web shop
Please contact sales@dhrs.org for available issues before ordering.
Your Editor giving some embarrassingly passionate speeches!
Whilst in Darjeeling November 2016
