Old is gold. This adage comes true when we cherish the age old possessions and hold them valuable. Same is the case with Fairy Queen Express, a broad gauge heritage train famous for its continuous running past in India. Wheezing its way and coal dust out, the Fairy Queen Express is the world’s oldest working steam engine driven train.
Utilizing the 1855 make locomotive built by Kitson Thompson and Hewitson in Leeds, this train represents the treasured legacy of trains in India. Over its illustrious journey, the train has received the Guinness Certificate for its achievement and a National Tourism Award in 1999 for the most unique and innovative tourism project. The good thing about this heritage train is that travellers can still board the heritage locomotive aboard the journey from Delhi to Alwar under a two day itinerary. It takes few stopovers enroute to refill the water within the locomotive. In six hours, passengers reach Alwar in Rajasthan, which is prominent in tourism circuit for Sariska National Park.
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