More than a century after giving birth to the Matheran Hill Railway, the Peerbhoy family wants the railways to immortalise the man who started it all - Abdul Hussain Peerbhoy. To mark the centenary of his death anniversary on December 18, the family wants the Matheran toy train to be rechristened as Peerbhoy Express. They and have also appealed to the Central Railway (CR) to set up a small museum on their family. In return, the family is ready to hand over 2,300 family archival items to CR.

No luck yet
In letters of petition written to CR's general manager, copies of which are with mid-day, great-grandson Ali Akbar Peerbhoy has requested that a small function be organised at Matheran station on the day to allow people to pay tribute.