{"id":525,"date":"2009-03-29T15:32:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T10:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/?p=525"},"modified":"2010-02-15T18:38:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T13:08:53","slug":"nilgiri-mountain-railway-ooty-coonoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/nilgiri-mountain-railway-ooty-coonoor.html","title":{"rendered":"Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Ooty, Coonoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a quick weekend in Ooty just before the beginning of summer, doing not much but whiling away time, not chasing places to see or things to do. A short journey on 10 minutes on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and a quick visit to Emerald Lake happened while I was there. Some pictures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-526\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-526\" title=\"Coonoor Railway Station\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/coonoor_railway_station.jpg\" alt=\"Coonoor Railway Station\" width=\"496\" height=\"331\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coonoor Railway Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-531\" title=\"Technicians working with the engine\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/steam_engine.jpg\" alt=\"Technicians working with the engine\" width=\"496\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/steam_engine.jpg 496w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/steam_engine-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Technicians working with the engine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-528\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-528\" title=\"The driver's cabin\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/driver_cabin.jpg\" alt=\"The driver's cabin\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/driver_cabin.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/driver_cabin-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The driver&#39;s cabin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-530\" title=\"Steam Engine Up-close\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/steam_engine_2.jpg\" alt=\"Steam Engine Up-close\" width=\"496\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/steam_engine_2.jpg 496w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/steam_engine_2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steam Engine Up-close<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-529\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-529\" title=\"Engine Coach\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nilgiri_mountain_railways.jpg\" alt=\"Engine Coach\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nilgiri_mountain_railways.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nilgiri_mountain_railways-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engine Coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And finally, here is a picture of Emerald Lake<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-527\" title=\"Emerald Lake\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/emerald_lake.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald Lake\" width=\"496\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/emerald_lake.jpg 496w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/emerald_lake-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a quick weekend in Ooty just before the beginning of summer, doing not much but whiling away time, not chasing places to see or things to do. 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