A comprehensive history of the narrow gauge railways of Sri Lanka, this hardcover book with over 200 photos, 31 diagrams and maps as well as 45 locomotive and rolling stock drawings is a a must have for any railway enthusiast and historian alike. Rasika Wickramanayaka, a local railway historian and architect, offers a great number of interesting anecdotes and an atmospheric account of the often remote and mountainous country traversed by these railways, the people that used them and the goods they carried.