“India’s National Rail Museum is a fascinating place for a photographer to visit – there’s a tremendous range of lines, shapes, colours and textures all brought together in a relatively compact area. The light on a winter’s afternoon is ideal – just enough edge taken off that brilliant Delhi sunshine.”
Rowena Carr-Allinson follows up her review of the Eastern & Oriental Express with some suggestions of great places to stay at either end of the line – and practical details on arrival in Thailand.
“Everything they say is true. The Orient Express legend deserves its glamorous reputation. Definitely the thing of novels, stories told at dinner parties and the stuff of great memories.” With regret, Rowena Carr-Allinson reaches the end of the line – and her review of the Eastern & Oriental Express – in Singapore.
“This is no ordinary train. Luxury prevails. In fact, Ulf Bruchert, the manager, confides that the train was modelled on the one in the 1932 Marlene Dietrich movie Shanghai Express.” Rowena Carr-Allinson indulges herself in the rail trip of a lifetime…
“If you ever find yourself in Bangkok and either have recently come into some money or are travelling on company expenses, may I suggest that there is no better way to get to Singapore than on the Eastern & Oriental Express.” Rowena Carr-Allinson takes the train, and a step back in time, from Bangkok to Singapore…
Interesting facts and features Built in 1855 by Kitson, Thompson & Hewitson, UK, for the then East Indian Railway (EIR) weight: 26 tonnes coal tender :…