Steam rail tour of India

It's Steam all the way!

Everywhere you see is the smoke - of steam; puffed out from the burning coal in the furnace of the most enchanting and admirable glories of the past. The Heritage Indian steam locomotives (locos).

Enjoy the privilege of being on one of tours like no other.

Travel Pals' involvement has helped it gain immense & detailed database & knowledge of heritage steam locos in India. Our expertise develops and works on to produce an overall interesting and memorable steam hauled train tours in India.
At present, we have been chartering special steam locos on the Kalka - Shimla line (ZDM + KC 520) along with the rail car (diesel bus), Pathankot - Jogindernagar (ZDM diesel + also on ZB steam loco), Silliguri - Tindharia over to Darjeeling (B class old & recently refabricated locos); Also BG and MG locos from Silliguri, Mettupalayam - Ooty (SLM Tank - X class), Neral - Matheran (MLR class).

In addition to these fascinating steam trains, Travel Pals (India) pionereed in operating the grand WP loco after it's last run two decades ago on the Delhi - Rewari line in 2005 along with the operational steam trains like the Fairy Queen.....

ENJOY THE STEAM - A STEAMY HOLIDAY. AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER. A GRAND TOUR TO ENJOY THE CHARMING AND GLORIOUS HISTORICAL TRAINS IN INDIA - DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY (DHR), NERAL MATHERAN LIGHT RAILWAY (NMLR), THE NILGIRI MOUNTAIN RAILWAY (NMR) AND NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY(NFR). Darjeeling, Silliguri, Sukna, Tindharia, Ghum, Shimla, Barog, Summer Hill, Kathleeghat, Solan, Kalka, Ooty, Mettupalayam, Coonoor, Rewari, Pathankot, Joginder Nagar, Kangra Valley, Paprola, Baijnath, Kurseong, Lumding, Badarpur, Lower Halflong, Maibong and many more..

to Shimla - Kalka - Darjeeling - Ooty - Mettupalayam - Neral - Matheran - Ghum - Kurseong - Siliguri -