Apart from English and Cricket, another thing India is thankful to the British for are the Railways. They brought it here but today India is proud to be world's third largest railways network. It is the lifeline of India and operates its own electric-locomotive, diesel-locomotive, and passenger-coach factories. That's not it, Indian Railways even has an organization called Research Designs and Standards Organization for all the research, design and standardization related work. Here are 20 'must read' facts about Indian Railways:

The first railroad was constructed by two Indians – Jaganath Shunkerseth and Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy.

The mascot of Indian Railways is Bholu - the guard elephant.