By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, 28.10.2007 (IANS): Sydney, Oct 26 (IANS) : An Australian professor’s childhood fascination for trains combined with academic conviction has made him a passionate campaigner for some of India’s most romantic mountain railways.
Robert Lee, an associate professor at the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of Western Sydney, has been instrumental in two Indian railways – the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and the Nilgiri Mountain Railway – winning World Heritage status in 1999 and 2004 respectively.