A leather bound album, with 26 pages, measuring 335 x 460 mm, with black and white photographs relating to the construction of the Nilgiri (or Nilagiri) Railway. The photographs were taken by Philip Boesinger of Coonor. The photographs are mounted on boards which are taped into the binding. The collection belonged to the family of Mrs Sue Prideaux, which had tea-planting connections in India.

The Nilgiri Railway is part of the larger, South Indian Railway line which extends from Madras to Bangalore. The Nilgiri extends East from Coonoor Station to Mettapolian Station in the West and is renowned for its steep gradients. J.N. Westwood comments: 'Technically, the most interesting of the hill railways is the Nilgiri Railway, an isolated narrow gauge connection between the big railhead at Mettupaliyam and the hill resort of Ootacamund (i.e. Udagamandalam). There are 1 in 25 adhesion grades, and even steeper stretches where the Abt rack system is used' (Westwood 1974).