Visit by officers of Indian Railways on a fact finding tour of the UK

On a recent fact finding tour to the UK, Member Mechanical, Indian Railways, Railway Board, Mr R. R. Bhandari, found time to visit Adrian Shooter's private railway, The Beeches Light Railway.

Mr Bhandari, author of several well known and critically acclaimed books on Indian railways and its history, (including a book devoted to the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway,) was able to see Adrian's locomotive, ex DHR, No 19, 'B' class tank.

Adrian was able to also show him the DHR replica coaches built for his railway by the Ffestiniog Railway's Boston Lodge Works.

Mr Bhandari was in the UK and was part of a mission led by Shri Lalu Prasad, Minister for Railways. The party also saw Chiltern railways, and the Heritage Leighton Buzzard Railway, before travelling to Europe. There they were to take in railways in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.

The party were keen to observe railway practice in Europe.