Anyone in 2020? Binoy are you still around? Watched this documentary in 1996 in national geographic, at the age of 10 in the morning at 7:30 am just before leaving for school. How much India has changed and so has life. God willing.
@@binoyrakesh Hi sir are you still using the same channel. I searched your name in facebook. I didn't get. Yesterday 23nd May 2021 I was watching at midnight 12:30am. Very sensational.
I know how y'all feel back here in America we used our steam engines well into the late 1950's some of us really miss them. The smoke and steam even the sounds of the whistle's blowing :(
Makes me sad to see steam dying down. I'm 23, and feel very lucky to have grown up with steam in America. Even though I rarely see steam on the main line, there are always tourist railroads that operate steam, and many are working hard to bring steam back to life. Both America and England are trying to keep history alive for the future by restoring steam to make sure we never ever officially run out of steam.
This is my favorite National Geographic documentary. Linda Hunt is the perfect voice to tell this sad story. Hearing the long theme song at the beginning always made my hair stand on end. Thrilling.
@Chris9017 Thanks for your reply. The steam preservation movement in India is already gaining much required impetus. Long defunct steam shed was restored several years back and now, it is the only operating steam shed for steam locomotives in India at present. It houses several steam engines from broad gauge (5' 6") and meter gauge (3 ft 3 3⁄8 inch). Also, a broad gauge Bayer Garrett was restored some four years back. It is good to know that you work on a steam locomotive on weekends.
Wow! I have a VHS recording of this documentary from the Darjeeling Hamylian Railway, but I never knew the first part existed. Thanks for sharing this documentary with us!
hi dude nice video thnx for posting Im a travel enthusiast and definitely Indian railways is the best way to get around in India. I used to travel regularly in the mumbai kerala route along the konkans and when the triain enters the konkan wilderness leaving behind the heavily polluted mumbai it was heaven keep posting!!
@resist4resist There are many steam engines in America, and England that still operate on tourist railroads. You just need to do your homework and find look for locations that have them. I work on a steam train on weekends in California, and it's a wonderful experience.
Binoy, I completely agree with the opening phrase of the video. I belong to that group of "boys", who never thought of steam engines as they were being gradually phased out. It took several years, before the remorse set in. All we can see now are plinthed steam locomotives at various stations, branch and head offices of IR put on for public display like the mummified bodies of Egyptian pharaohs of antiquity. Take your diesels and electrics away...and give me back my steaming beauties!!!
@resist4resist No problem. I'm glad that preservation is happening in India too. America has lots of steam. The engine I am restoring with the Pacific Locomotive Association in California is a 2-6-6-2 Baldwin logging Mallet, kinda like a small Big Boy. I do restoration work on Saturday, and Sundays I'm a hostler or what you would call assistant fireman on a little tank engine, and I grease the moving parts, sand out the boiler, give the engine her oil and fill her up with water.
@ Chris9017 by the way Union Pacific Big Boy is my most favorite non Indian Railway steam locomotive. One day I am going to visit Pomona to see the static exhibit there.
Most are scrapped. Hardly any operational steam locomotives left in India. Probably less than 10. Compare that with UK which has over 700 plus working steam locomotives. Never sat in a steam locomotive train in India but sat twice in a steam engine train in the UK. It's a Beautiful feeling.
@@AusLegoBoy funding is an issue and rich business houses will not come forward for these old locos. Railways in India is fully government owned Steam locomotives are definitely not a priority in India. Railways in India is modernizing very fast. Most metre and narrow gauge railway have been converted to broad gauge. The Darjeeling line is still steam chugging the length of its route on narrow gauge and because it's a UN heritage listed rail it's preservation is important. Other than that fairy Queen one of the oldest steam locomotives in the world in working order does some weekly excursions. Overall I don't think more than 10 operational steam locomotives would be there in India. Even diesel locomotives are slowly being changed to hybrid locos and newer models will only be electric locomotives.
these colonists make such documentary like it was such a great thing , travel was slow tiring and og other age, we should have relegated it to history long back, it is like feeling sorry for being poor and sleeping on ground with 10 people in a room
Anyone in 2020? Binoy are you still around?
Watched this documentary in 1996 in national geographic, at the age of 10 in the morning at 7:30 am just before leaving for school.
How much India has changed and so has life.
God willing.
2021
Very much around Brother. I posted this in 2009 and it is amazing to see how many people it has touched. Thank you and thanks to Nat Geo Society.
@@binoyrakesh Hi sir are you still using the same channel. I searched your name in facebook. I didn't get. Yesterday 23nd May 2021 I was watching at midnight 12:30am. Very sensational.
@@natgeomax3834 I am using this channel yes. :) It is one of the oldest Channels from India. :) Early days of RUclips.
@@binoyrakesh ohh ok sir. Are you using Facebook.....?
Share u something
please sir never delete this all memories from your channel .
Never will.
@@binoyrakesh thank you sir.
@@binoyrakesh sir. Your channel monitized right.. upload more videos sir.
great upload....love to watch...i still love chhuk chhuk gadi at the age of 52
Now you are 63 years .
What a beautiful voice of the narrator..NGC music 🎶 was also so mesmerizing... miss those programs of NGC broadcasted in 90's..
I know how y'all feel back here in America we used our steam engines well into the late 1950's some of us really miss them. The smoke and steam even the sounds of the whistle's blowing :(
yeah but we had limited resources, a communist style economy till 1990s and had few options, but now we are trying to build worlds fastest trains
Visuals, voice, camera work, writing, capturing people's emotions n BGM..more than all, the train himself, makes the doc Super nostalgia.
Pure Magic, Pure Gold ... Watching this from a small village 💙💙 past days everything has soul. 🍁
Thanks for posting, I am going to have to get this DVD, I watch all 5 parts in order, it is sad but it just show how little we care anymore.
Makes me sad to see steam dying down. I'm 23, and feel very lucky to have grown up with steam in America. Even though I rarely see steam on the main line, there are always tourist railroads that operate steam, and many are working hard to bring steam back to life. Both America and England are trying to keep history alive for the future by restoring steam to make sure we never ever officially run out of steam.
This is my favorite National Geographic documentary. Linda Hunt is the perfect voice to tell this sad story.
Hearing the long theme song at the beginning always made my hair stand on end. Thrilling.
@Chris9017 Thanks for your reply. The steam preservation movement in India is already gaining much required impetus. Long defunct steam shed was restored several years back and now, it is the only operating steam shed for steam locomotives in India at present. It houses several steam engines from broad gauge (5' 6") and meter gauge (3 ft 3 3⁄8 inch). Also, a broad gauge Bayer Garrett was restored some four years back. It is good to know that you work on a steam locomotive on weekends.
Dude I this is great! Thanks for uploading!!!
Wow! I have a VHS recording of this documentary from the Darjeeling Hamylian Railway, but I never knew the first part existed. Thanks for sharing this documentary with us!
hi dude nice video
thnx for posting
Im a travel enthusiast and definitely Indian railways is the best way to get around in India. I used to travel regularly in the mumbai kerala route along the konkans and when the triain enters the konkan wilderness leaving behind the heavily polluted mumbai it was heaven
keep posting!!
thankfully there has been the efforts to restore the old steam locos like WPs and WGs. WP 7161 Akbar and WP 7200 Azad are restored and run.
So unfortunate
In 1994 is the last I travelled in Steam Train
Super brother
i think the indian railways should think of bringing back steam engines in some local routes maybe.....
@resist4resist There are many steam engines in America, and England that still operate on tourist railroads. You just need to do your homework and find look for locations that have them. I work on a steam train on weekends in California, and it's a wonderful experience.
Thx for this. Came across while surfing, what great videos.
So greatful to you for uploading this❤️
Binoy, I completely agree with the opening phrase of the video. I belong to that group of "boys", who never thought of steam engines as they were being gradually phased out. It took several years, before the remorse set in. All we can see now are plinthed steam locomotives at various stations, branch and head offices of IR put on for public display like the mummified bodies of Egyptian pharaohs of antiquity. Take your diesels and electrics away...and give me back my steaming beauties!!!
@resist4resist No problem. I'm glad that preservation is happening in India too. America has lots of steam. The engine I am restoring with the Pacific Locomotive Association in California is a 2-6-6-2 Baldwin logging Mallet, kinda like a small Big Boy. I do restoration work on Saturday, and Sundays I'm a hostler or what you would call assistant fireman on a little tank engine, and I grease the moving parts, sand out the boiler, give the engine her oil and fill her up with water.
Anyone in 2019
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Thanks for sharing Sir such a great documentary. Thank You once again ❤❤
steam locomotives are the closest things humans have created that is almost alive...
Govt. Must start at least one steam engine train in each state to remember past.
another WG 10253 made in 1955 and stationed at bhusawal shed is going to be restored at rewari steam workshop and will be named Ashok.
Awesome 👍👍
Thanks for the upload brother
Now that Alco u see in this video is going to be history soon , just like the steam loco. How time flies 😪
Most beautiful video dil khush ho gya💓💓💓💓❣️❣️❣️❣️
What a serial for train lovers
Yeh yatra vakai adbhut hai. What a great this journey.
Bachpan me baitha hun mai. 🙂
watching this during lockdown ( 7th may 2020 )
8 may 2020
10th may,2020
1:41 awesome speed
yes..i will...one by one i will c all...thanks...
Best Vid Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks a lot MR Binoy
Thank you
Really sad story
@ Chris9017 by the way Union Pacific Big Boy is my most favorite non Indian Railway steam locomotive. One day I am going to visit Pomona to see the static exhibit there.
My friend you don't even have to travel to see one sitting still because one of those giants is back
Watching in 2021 😍
👍🏾👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌🏼👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌 super super super super super super👌
steam i want to stay why they do this
Almost 50 years of a do nothing, hopeless government in India meant nothing was done to improve any infrastructure.
Steam engines can be compared to carburettor.they are becoming obsolete . Missing you carburettor and steam engine.
Black beauty! What a thought
End of steam engine really ment the end of British Raj in India
I am. Cring 1840is a train in a change the 2021changed to change
How many of the steam locomotive shown in the film were preserved later, same with some of the loco sheds, are there any left
Most are scrapped. Hardly any operational steam locomotives left in India. Probably less than 10. Compare that with UK which has over 700 plus working steam locomotives. Never sat in a steam locomotive train in India but sat twice in a steam engine train in the UK. It's a Beautiful feeling.
@@AusLegoBoy funding is an issue and rich business houses will not come forward for these old locos.
Railways in India is fully government owned
Steam locomotives are definitely not a priority in India.
Railways in India is modernizing very fast.
Most metre and narrow gauge railway have been converted to broad gauge.
The Darjeeling line is still steam chugging the length of its route on narrow gauge and because it's a UN heritage listed rail it's preservation is important.
Other than that fairy Queen one of the oldest steam locomotives in the world in working order does some weekly excursions. Overall I don't think more than 10 operational steam locomotives would be there in India.
Even diesel locomotives are slowly being changed to hybrid locos and newer models will only be electric locomotives.
binoy pls dnt post such beautiful n nostalgic vidoe if dnt want others to watch. no offense
Can anyone mention the name of the commentator??
Don't know dear
these colonists make such documentary like it was such a great thing , travel was slow tiring and og other age, we should have relegated it to history long back, it is like feeling sorry for being poor and sleeping on ground with 10 people in a room