1.GRAND TRUNK EXPRESS: -
This ones an understated classic. At least three generations of cosmopolitan Indians have traveled on this grand old train--The Grand Trunk Express has been running up and down the midriff of the subcontinent since 1930.This was the vital fast link between the capital city, in the north, and Madras, the pre-eminent metro of the south. In fact, it was the link for the entire south: there were no direct rail links to Delhi from other important cities of the south-Bangalore, Trivandrum, Cochin or Mangalore. For civil servants (both whit and brown) and other gentry, making the long journey on the prestige train was a matter of more than comfort and convenience-such was its status, the GT Express was one of the first trains two be honored with an air-conditioned car
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2. Konkan Railway: -
This is the modern pride of a 150-year-old tradition, the technological triumph that has made a holiday paradise of little-visited parts. Traveling on the Konkan Railway is a treat. Station yourself at a window of, say, the Kurla-Trivandrum Netravati Express (31 hrs 25 min): Marvel at the engineering of 2,000 bridges over some 1,500 rivers and streams, and 92 tunnels through the Sahyadris. The berths are ordinary; the views and fried fish great.

3. Flying Ranee: -
In 1979, double-decker coaches were introduced on the train. A novelty feature at the time (the Flying Ranee was only the second train in the country to get them), and even more so now, the popularity of the train ensured that they soon became a necessity. Today 10 of the 18 coaches are double-decker. And the Queen of the West Coast is a heavily subscribed commuter train, which ferries office-goers from Surat to Bombay in five hours flat.

4. Fairy Queen
The fairy Queen was overhauled in 1996; the worlds oldest running steam loco now pulls luxury saloons between Delhi and Alwar every winter

5. Matheran Light Railway
The track runs alongside the road for a large part of the route and is noted for some unbelievably sharp curves. Among other points it also traverses the One Kiss Tunnel and Water pipe, where in the good old days steam engines used to stop and be watered.

6. Kalka-Shimla Toy Train
You could get from Kalka to Shimla pretty quickly in a decent car. But you dont want to: this is one of those rides on which the is at least as much the point as the destination.
Take a little steam train, a 96-km journey, and slow down time. The toy train from Kalka to Shimla first hugged out over the tracks in 1904, with Lord Qurzon aboard. Its still the little engine that could, puffing along at a modest 40 kmph, climbing through the Shivalik hills from 640m to 2,060m over six hours. The trip is breathtakingly beautiful, with snowy Himalayan peaks, meadows, fields, oak and rhododendron forests, 107 tunnels and many lovely stone bridges to stare at all along the way.

7. Himsagar Express
Youd better have a good four days to spare if youre going to go the whole hog with the Himsagar Express. This is the single longest train ride in India, both in terms of distance and time.(3751 KM in 74-hours)

8. Royal Orient Express
All about old-world gentility, when elegance superseded speed. This 13- coach luxury train leaves Delhi Cantt on Wednesdays, and ambles for a week through Gujarat and Rajasthan, wallowing in creature comforts.

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