Thanks to an introduction by DHRS member Nick Trudgian, Dick Cresswell, probably Australian's most famous WW2 fighter pilot, gave these rails to the DHRS for safe keeping.
Rail Marked:
A.B.R.
Gauhati Nuzira Last link
Mrs.Cresswell
7 - 6 -1900
(A.B.R. stands for Assam Bengal Railway)
Rail Marked:
A.B.R. Hill Section Last Rail linked in
May 10th 1903
G.B. Cresswell Exc:Engr.
This railway ran between Badarpur & Lumding, through 33 tunnels & covered ways on gradients as sever as 1 in 37. Connection was made at Dyong (now Dayang or Dayung) Bridge.
Rail Marked:
D.H.R. Extensions
Last Rail linked
24.2.15
Present:
G.B. Cresswell G.M & E.N.C.
C.C. Royston R.E.
T. Pkone A.Y.O.
G.C. Patterson A.E.N.
A.Y. Linger Y.D.O. (on reverse)
This piece commemorates the last rail link for the D.H.R. extensions on 24 February 1915
These artefacts are presently held by the Paul Whittle
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, no. 7406570. Registered office: The Oaks, Bulleigh Barton Court, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 5UA.