William Lethorn has just published his book "The Jewel Returned" which includes his train journeys up to Mussoorie to St George's Manor House  where he did his schooling. A good read Noel Lakin ----- Original Message ---- From: "Haztwin@aol.com" <Haztwin@aol.com> To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 8 July, 2008 10:03:19 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] DHR- Gasps of steam Oh boy, do I remember the DHR (Darjeeling Himalayan Railway)and its gasps  of steam!  It took me and my schoolmates up to Darjeeling for 9 months'  incarceration in  boarding school,and then later back down to the  plains for our 3-month holiday with our parents on the plains.    It made such an impression  that I wrote about it in a book about  my own and others'  schooldays in India.  The 'toy train'.  as we called it, was a joyous form of transport coming home, but somewhat  sadder  on our way up at the beginning of the school year!  No doubt  hundreds of  children experienced  similar train journeys as they went  up to the various wonderful  Indian  hill stations for their education  at such schools, many of which still exist in India to-day despite the  departure of the Brits.  So we did leave one or two good legacies,  didn't we? Hazel  Craig              ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html