One of NICK LERA’s finest documentaries is this 1990s account of a great railway adventure from the Baluchistan mountains to the legendary Khyber Pass. We start with vintage 1950s cab unit diesels of the Alco DL500 World series on the 4% grades of the rugged Bolan Pass. Then visit the meter gauge enclave of the former Jodphur Railway at Mirpur Khas to ride 1920s steam veterans across Sind. Back on the 5ft 6in broad gauge we find ex-Canadian War Dept 2-8-2s plying the Cholistan desert before heading to the northern Punjab for an Edwardian timewarp where inside cylinder 4-4-0s and 0-6-0s still serve the lines they were built for. Steaming across the Indus on the mighty Attock Bridge, we arrive at the gates of the Khyber Pass where powerful 1920s 2-8-0s from Britain’s Vulcan Foundry storm up mountain switchbacks to forts and battle lines built in defense of the former British Raj. The summit station at Landi Kotal is walled in with an iron gate and the ticket window is a machine gun post. You couldn’t make it up! We will be uploading new videos every week so please subscribe to our channel if you want to stay tuned! Subscribe Here ► https://bit.ly/2NbISUZ More Videos ► https://bit.ly/2NdiZ7s
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