“such a river of life as nowhere else exists in all the world … the backbone of all Hind.”

This week’s gripping news is that, in response to the Trans-Siberian site discovered last week, I’ve made an accurate map of the entire route.

Click on “view larger map“, the whole route is on several pages.  Click on “view  in Google earth” and pick which train you want to view, I recommend Jammu-Udhampur. That’s the southerly section of the Kashmir railway which is attached to the main network. When this line is complete it’s going to be pretty gobsmacking. But don’t hold your breath, it’s years off. The whole GCIRC route takes several days to view at a resolution where you can at least see the path of the track.

It’s become apparent, looking at the accurate map, that our “stick to the sides”…