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Sri Lanka steam locos
Steam trains on the coastal and mountain line

Sri Lanka, a country with magnificent landscapes, which can offer everything, from the tropics, the beach and the sea to the cool highland and the mountain railway line to Badulla, which astonishes everyone with its many curves, high bridges and viaducts, some tunnels and rocky outcrops over the tracks. Sri Lanka Railways use their 3 still operational steam locomotives B1A #251, B1D #340 and B2B #213 regularly before excursion steam trains and the Viceroy Express, which is not quite as luxurious as the Palace of Wheels in India. The shown pictures are taken on the coastal line from Colombo to Galle as well as in the mountainous region of the main line from Rambukkana to Demodara.

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Some photos have a corresponding video clip. If you prefer to see motion instead of a HD image then you should switch to Video to photo summary. There you will find videos which are listed in the same sequence as the photos and which are uploaded to the Internet. Please note that as starting sequence only the videos are shown which relate to steam trains in Sri Lanka. You are welcome to modify as to your personal preference and then rebuild the overview again. If you prefer to see a film in which the video sequences are put together, you can choose between the coastal railway and the mountain railway.

	Film Coastal line This film shows only some parts of the trip on the Coastal line, which partly runs directly at the beach and the sea of the Indian Ocean. The Beyer Peacock steam locomotive B1A 251 "Sir Thomas Maitland", built in 1928, of Sri Lanka Railways transports the steam train from Colombo via Kalutara and Aluthgama to Galle and return.
	Film Mountain line from Rambukkana via Peradeniya, with a side trip to Kandy, further via Nawalapitiya, the tea fields around Watawala, Hatton, Nanu-Oya, Ella to Demodara, where is the Sri Lankan Loop and the very popular Nine Arch Bridge. The two steam locomotives B1D #340 and B2B #213 come into operation, uphill to Kandy even double headed.

Steam locomotives from Germany are combined in an extra gallery due to the amount of taken pictures. The same applies to steam locomotives in Japan, which run exactly on time according to schedule. For the same reason the winter steam gallery of Chinese steam locomotives on factory railway service was carried out, which point themselves with a large number of pictures. All other pictures of steam locomotives and their trains are presented in the international steam locomotive photo gallery. Following the gallery, some explanations and requirements are given for how the gallery pages are structured and work. Furthermore pages can be found on the subject of railways and steam locomotives.

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