Jin dadin wasan kwaikwayo a kan waɗannan tarukan jiragen sama a Indiya
Ƙaramar jiragen wasan Indiya sune ƙananan jiragen ruwa da ke gudana a kan tashar jiragen kasa na tarihi, wanda Birtaniya ya kafa a ƙarshen karni na 19 da farkon karni na 20 don samar da damar shiga wuraren da suke kan iyakoki. Ko da yake waɗannan jiragen sun yi jinkiri kuma suna iya ɗaukar har zuwa sa'o'i takwas don isa inda suke, inda shimfidar wuri mai kyau ne, yin tafiya yana da kyau. Sau uku daga cikin hanyoyi na kan tuddai - Kalka-Shimla Railways, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, da Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - an gane su ne a matsayin wuraren tarihi ta UNESCO inda suka zama alamu na rayuwa mai kyau na maganin aikin injiniya.
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Kalka-Shimla Railway, Himachal Pradesh
Gidan motar Kalka-Shimla na tarihin tarihi shi ne hanyar da za a iya kai Shimla, wanda shine babban birnin Birtaniya. An kammala tashar jiragen kasa a 1903 kuma tana bayar da daya daga cikin mafi yawan jiragen hawa a Indiya. Yana gudanar da kilomita 96 (60 miles) ko da yake 20 tashar jirgin kasa, 103 tunnels, 800 gadoji, da kuma wani m 900 ƙoƙai! Dukan tafiya daga Kalka, kusa da Chandigarh, yana ɗaukar kimanin awa 5. Duk da haka, mutane da yawa sun fi son tafiya ne kawai daga Barog, domin wannan shi ne inda filayen mafi tsawo kuma mafi ban mamaki ya faru. Yana da hawan tudu tare da yalwar tafiye-tafiye mai ban mamaki a hanya.
02 na 05
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, West Bengal
Hanyar wasan kwaikwayo na Darjeeling, wanda aka sani da shi Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, shi ne mafi girma a cikin tashar jiragen ruwa ta tarihi na Indiya. An kammala shi a shekara ta 1881, yana kawo fasinjoji ta hanyar da ke kan iyakar Eastern Himalayas zuwa tuddai masu tuddai da tsire-tsire masu shayi na Darjeeling. Hanyar jirgin kasa na tafiya zuwa kilomita 80 daga New Jalpaiguri, a Jihar Bengal ta Yamma , zuwa Darjeeling ta hanyar Siliguri, Kurseong da Ghoom. Ya wuce fiye da biyar manyan, kuma kusan 500 ƙananan, gadoji.
Idan ba ku da ajiyar rana don tafiyar da tafiya, sa'a biyu na murna daga Darjeeling zuwa Ghoom suna da mashahuri. A tsawon mita 7,400 sama da tekun, Ghoom shine mafi girma a hanya. Rashin hanyar jirgin kasa ya hau sama ta hanyar da dama na juyawa da madaukai. Ɗaya daga cikin mafi girma daga cikin abubuwan da suka faru shine Batasia Loop, tsakanin Ghoom da Darjeeling, wanda ya ba da ra'ayi mai zurfi game da Darjeeling a kan tudu da Dutsen Kanchenjunga a bango.
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Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Tamil Nadu
Jirgin wasan toys wanda ke tafiya a kan Nilgiri Mountain Railway shi ne haskakawa na ziyarar zuwa dutsen tudu na Ooty, wadda Birtaniya ta kafa a matsayin hedkwatar rani na gwamnatin su a Madras (Chennai). Kodayake ana samar da jirgin kasa a shekarar 1854, ba a kammala ba sai 1908 a matsayin dutsen dutsen da kuma tsaunukan tsaunuka masu tuddai suka sa aikin ya wahala. Rikicin kilomita 46 (28.5) ya wuce daga Metupalaiyam zuwa Oorty ta hanyar Coonoor, kuma ya wuce 250 gadoji (ciki har da 32 manyan) da kuma ta hanyar madaidaiciya 16. Abubuwan da aka fi dacewa suna kallon su daga Metupalaiyam zuwa Coonoor. Saboda haka, wasu mutane kawai suna tafiya tare da wannan hanya sannan su tafi su ji dadin abincin shayi a Coonoor.
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Matheran Hill Railway, Maharashtra
Rashin jirgin saman wasan kwaikwayo na kasa da kasa ya fara gudu a 1907. Ya ajiye fasinjoji a cikin fadin duhu na tsaunin Matheran mai zaman lafiya, wanda ba a lalata gurɓatawa - inda aka dakatar da motocin, har ma da keke. Wannan tafiya ya fara a Neral, kusan rabin zuwa tsakanin Mumbai da Pune. Kodayake hanya tana da kilomita 20 kawai (12 milimita) tsawo, jirgin yana daukan sa'a biyu da rabi don isa saman tuddai kamar yadda ya kamata a kwantar da hankali a cikin hanyar zigzag.
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Kangra Valley Railway, Himachal Pradesh
Kankara Valley Railway, wanda aka kammala a shekarar 1929, ya kasance gine-ginen dutse na ƙarshe. Hakan ya fi tsayi tsawon kilomita 164 daga Pathankot a Punjab zuwa Joginder Nagar a Himachal Pradesh, via Kangra (kusa da Dharamsala) da Palampur. Ba kamar sauran ƙananan hanyoyi na ƙasar Indiya ba, yana da matuka biyu kawai kamar yadda injiniyoyi suka guje wa muni ta hanyar tuddai. Dukan tafiya yana kimanin awa 10. Duk da haka, yawancin wasan kwaikwayon ya zo ne bayan Kangra kuma ya zarce bayan Palampur, yayin da jirgin ke biye da kauyuka da gonaki masu noma, tare da ra'ayoyinsu ba tare da katsewa ba game da dutsen Dhauladhar mai ban sha'awa. Yana da kwarewa na gida maras tunawa! Hanyar da ke tsakanin Baijnath (inda akwai wani tsohon gidan Shiva) da kuma Joginder Nagar shine mafi tsayi, tare da Ahuj shine mafi girma a mita 1,290 (mita 4,230) sama da tekun. Binciken da ake kira Bir-Billing yana kusa. Yi la'akari da cewa jiragen da ke aiki a wannan hanya suna jiragen fasinjoji marasa dacewa. Za a iya samun lokuta a nan.