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<\/a><\/p>\nSource: By Kalpabas at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=18876727<\/p>\n
My Dad was on Carolina Group, Watawala for 28 years, and before he\u00a0retired, he planted in Bandarawela for four years. Carolina was a huge estate of 2330 acres. By a topographical twist of fate, the railway line from Colombo to Badulla ran\u00a0 through one of the divisions of Carolina Group called Mt.Jean. In fact\u00a0 the Watawala\u00a0 railway\u00a0station was located on Mt.Jean division, and on land which was owned by the Carolina Tea Company Limited.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nOur bungalow on Kadawella division was some distance from the railway track, but each day around\u00a01.30 pm.\u00a0we could hear the sound of the horn and the throbbing hum of the diesel locomotive as the ” Udarata\u00a0 Menike” or “The Maid of the Mists” as I refer to her in this article, slided\u00a0on ribbons of steel on her onward journey uphill amidst spectacular landscape on the way to Badulla.The blast of the horn would echo through the green hills and in the solitude of an estate bungalow it was a reassuring comforting sound. When the “Udarata Menike” was first introduced in 1954 it was powered by two British diesel locomotives. Before this, the train to\u00a0 Badulla was hauled by two steam engines\u00a0which meant getting flecks of coal in one’s eye, when looking out of the window !\u00a0 And with the puffs of smoke blowing all over, the journey was not very\u00a0 pleasant. The introduction of diesel changed all that. A new set of carriages were hitched onto the diesel\u00a0locomotives on her maiden run, and the ‘Maid of the Mists’ became a maid in splendour.<\/span><\/p>\nThe icing on the cake was the gift\u00a0 of twelve Canadian diesel locomotives under the Colombo Plan in the late 50’s –\u00a0 an outright gift from the Canadian government under the premiership\u00a0of Louis Lester St.Laurent. These diesels were a joy to behold, and I still remember the names of some of them,\u00a0 plated on either side of the locomotive in gleaming silver and blue. They were “Alberta” “Montreal” “Sasketchwan” “Prince Edward Island” “Manitoba” “Ontario” and “Vancouver”. Out went the British locomotives\u00a0 – at\u00a0 least on the up-country line, and these\u00a0 were replaced by the workhorses from Canada.\u00a0I later picked up some trivia\u00a0 about the Canadian locomotives. The distances they covered in Canada were at times\u00a0over a thousand miles, and apparently the distance from Colombo to Badulla was insufficient for such high powered diesels of 2500 horse\u00a0 power. Even after the “Menike” reached Badulla\u00a0 around\u00a06.20 pm\u00a0each evening, the locomotive had to be kept\u00a0 running for\u00a0 a few\u00a0hours after that, though the journey had ended !<\/span><\/p>\nApparently, one locomotive could\u00a0 provide electricity for an entire town !\u00a0 After Dad went to Bandarawela, I used to travel by the “Udarata\u00a0 Menike” several times whenever I came to Colombo, and the return\u00a0journey was one which I always anticipated with joy. It was not the train per se but the incredible journey, and the terrain of the track. In the the low country from Colombo to Rambukkana it was a smooth even run. But when the train reached Kadugannawa the climb began, and if you sat on the right and dared to\u00a0look out of the window when the train skirted the ridge called\u00a0 “Sensation Rock” you risked a nervous breakdown because a thousand feet below, you could see the roofs of thatched village houses\u00a0 and expanses of paddy fields\u00a0 – all in miniature. To quote the lines of a poem “It was a\u00a0 vision splendid….” but there was no protective\u00a0barrier\u00a0 along this length of track and the train was travelling on the edge of a sheer precipice ! Once this\u00a0 nerve shattering climb was negotiated, the terrain evened out to a level run up to Gampola and Nawalapitiya. It was past Nawalapitiya that the real torturous climb\u00a0began all the way to Nanuoya and from there to a spot on the track between\u00a0 Ambawela and Pattipola which is the highest point on the up country railway. After this it was ‘downhill’ all\u00a0 the way in the plains of Uva to the terminus at Badulla.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 On one of these journeys I happened\u00a0to be in the compartment right up front behind the locomotive, and a very friendly guard\u00a0 took me into his section of the compartment from where I could see the driver in his cabin and observe this Canadian power horse in action. I was introduced to the driver, Mr.Wadugodapitiya\u00a0an old Trinitian, and a senior driver in the Ceylon Government Railways. It was he who gave me the\u00a0 trivia on the Canadian diesels which I quoted earlier.<\/span><\/p>\nI have done many trips by train in other countries and can say with confidence that the journey from Colombo to Badulla should be classed as one of the great train journeys of\u00a0 the world. Apart from the spectacular scenery through which the\u00a0 track goes through, specially in the hill country, just consider the near impossible gradient which the train traverses…….In fact there is a place called “Soda Bottle” bend for reasons unknown on the line between Kotagala and Great Western which is an engineering marvel. So steep is the gradient that at a certain point on looking out of the window if one is seated on the right side of the train, one can see the\u00a0 railway track in two tiers below –\u00a0 a graphic indication of the steep gradient on which\u00a0 the track has been constructed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0And then there is the engineering masterpiece of the\u00a0 Demodera loop ! Once the train leaves Demodera station\u00a0 (two halts before Badulla) it goes full\u00a0circle and at one stage passes right\u00a0under the station which it has just left, on its way to Badulla ! Imagine leaving a station and then after about five minutes looking out of the window – or rather, looking up\u00a0 – to find the station you just left is right above you !! Talk about the realms\u00a0of fantasy ! It\u00a0 is a matter of regret that the name of the engineer who devised this masterpiece has not been recorded for posterity. On the return trip past Nanuoya, you\u00a0 get a panoramic view of Adam’s Peak in the distance –\u00a0 weather permitting –\u00a0 until you reach\u00a0Talawakelle. At\u00a0 Nanuoya\u00a0 –\u00a0 and this is addressed to old Anthonians in particular\u00a0 –\u00a0 there is a little hill near the station, with a neat\u00a0 little bungalow on its summit. This was the home of Freddy,\u00a0 Paddy, Gerry, and Merry Guneratne when their Dad\u00a0 Alec Guneratne\u00a0– an old Anthonian and legendary soccer star of a\u00a0 bygone era – was stationed in Nanuoya during his\u00a0 service\u00a0 with the Ceylon Government Railways.\u00a0I once walked\u00a0 with\u00a0 Royston and Basil Hyde from their home on Scrubbs\u00a0 Estate,\u00a0 Nuwaraeliya to the Guneratne home at\u00a0Nanuoya\u00a0 – a\u00a0 distance of four miles. We were entertained with cordon bleu home\u00a0 made\u00a0 delicacies by\u00a0 Paddy’s Mum\u00a0\u00a0 – it is still a warm\u00a0 memory\u00a0 that never\u00a0 fades and sparks nostalgia for a happy time and place in a land far away\u00a0 which we once called ‘home’.<\/span><\/p>\nBut I digress, so I should get back on track. From Ohiya station upto Haputale, the track seems to defy gravity ! It is cut on the side of a mountain and runs on the edge of a\u00a0 precipice with heart stopping views of\u00a0the little villages far down below. It is a hair raising experience which I term as death defying ! You have to sit on the left of the compartment to leave your hair standing on all ends ! If\u00a0 you suffer from vertigo and wish to play it safe, sit on the right and all you will see\u00a0is the side of a\u00a0 cliff. But seated on the left, the scenery which greets the traveller will live in memory forever. A panorama of deep valleys, green hills and lush countryside where nature has run riot with her paintbrush painting the land in colours of every hue……This kalaidescope\u00a0of nature’s bounty penetrates your very soul to inspire and nurture the spirit……..It\u00a0 is a photographer’s delight and an artists\u00a0 paradise……..and the bracing mountain air\u00a0 gives one a\u00a0 near supernatural sense of\u00a0 well being. The scenery on this entire journey is\u00a0a nature lover’s delight, from the\u00a0 lush hills on the Kadugannawa\u00a0 climb right up to Nawalapitiya, and then the beautiful\u00a0 tea country all the way to Nanuoya. There were no luxury compartments, only 1st, 2nd and 3rd class, and an excellent Restaurant Car staffed by uniformed waiters. The\u00a0 catering was done by U.K.Edmund. For Rs.1.50 you could enjoy a delicious rice and curry and the tea they served was the nectar of the Gods. There was no Observation Car.<\/span><\/p>\nOnce the maid of the mists enters the low country in the\u00a0 Uva plains, the locomotive\u00a0 changes key\u00a0 – to use a musical idiom\u00a0 – to a soft\u00a0 contended hum which one could call\u00a0 a purr of satisfaction similar to a cat expressing its\u00a0 delight and being petted or stroked.\u00a0 But only the most avid railway buff with a sensitive ear will fine tune his or her antenna to detect this\u00a0 contended throb emanating from the locomotive which until this point in the journey, has worked its heart out hauling the lovely maid through the mountainous terrain.<\/span><\/p>\nI think the “Udarata menike” today is powered by a\u00a0 German Henschel\u00a0 locomotive and hauls Rumanian carriages. In my humble\u00a0 opinion the Henschel diesel does not in any way, shape or form look as sleek, majestic and inspiring as her Canadian counterpart. During my last visit to Sri Lanka\u00a0 in 2000, I was pleased to see some of the Canadian\u00a0 locomotives still riding the rails. On a trip from Haputale to Colombo in the “Udarata Menike”\u00a0we crossed the\u00a0 “Podi Menike” the younger sister of the “Udarata Menike” which I\u00a0 observed was hauled by a Canadian diesel, the\u00a0 “Montreal” which I remembered from those boyhood days of\u00a0 yesteryear.<\/span><\/p>\nWith that I shall conclude this story of up country rail. But the “Menike” – or “The Maid of the Mists” as I prefer to call her\u00a0will forever travel the corners of our minds in the realms of memory, on a journey that has no end.<\/span><\/p>\nBernard VanCuylenburg.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE UDARATA MENIKE – THE MAID OF THE MISTS by Bernard VanCuylenburg. 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