Class W3 locomotive passes through a series of tunnels in the Kadugannawe line.

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Open deck bridges are a common site in the hill country line, the one in the picture is the open deck bridge closer to Hatton Railway station.

Pattipola Station is the highest railway station in Sri Lanka on the hill country line which is 6,224 feet above mean sea level.

Sri Lanka / Infrastructure / Tunnels

Class W3 locomotive passes through a series of tunnels in the Kadugannawe line.

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Watawala Railway Station which is located in a remote area in the main hill country line.

Original Class M5 Hitachi locomotives became unsuccessful and subsequently some of them rehabilitated with Paxmon & Caterpillar engines.The one in the picture is a CLASS M5 -779 fitted with a 1600 hp

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Lions Mouth -Train travers underneath an overhanging rock which looks similar to a shape of a lions mouth. A great piece of railway engineering which is in the Kadugannawe incline. 
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Sri Lanka / Infrastructure / Tunnels

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Class W3 locomotive passes through a series of tunnels in the Kadugannawe line.

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