Lost Ceylon Diaries on Instagram: "This rare footage captures the Kelani Valley narrow-gauge railway in Sri Lanka during its final years before the line was transformed into broad gauge... a chapter vital to the island’s transport and economic history. Originally constructed in 1902–1903 as a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge line from Colombo to Avissawella and beyond, the Kelani Valley railway was built to move goods and people between coastal urban centres and the rural plantations of rubber, c

The narrow gauge and miniature steam trains of Wales