1970s NG steam 1 - Sumatra

Part 1 - Steam in Sumatra, April 1974.
www.narrowgauge.nl/
In 1974 I sailed to Indonesia in an old cargo ship. After doing the Java ports we continued to Teluk Bayur (West Sumatra) and Panjang (South Sumatra). 8mm film material at the time was very expensive and had to be used with care. I managed to record a few minutes of steam operations on the 3'6" gauge in the harbour yards.
The C33 class 2-6-0 tank engines on the West Sumatra system still worked long mixed trains from Teluk Bayur to Padang and beyond, with the E10 class rack tank locos taking over for the climb through the Anai gorge to Padangpanjang. Regrettably I only saw one of the latter in the distance during an excursion, but I had a good time on the footplate of the C33s shunting the harbour station at Teluk Bayur.
The C30 I recorded at Panjang came in by surprise when I went ashore for an hour from the anchored ship. This was a big high-stepping tank engine built by Hanomag. Time was short however as I had to return quickly to catch the launch back to the ship.
This video, like the others in the series, was converted from my original 8mm film to digital video tape. The sound track was compiled afterwards using various sound sources, and synchronised as much as possible using freeware audio and video editors.

[@kehldendavid4779]

Such a lovely documentation, this what exactly im looking for

[@kobsbayurychaniago]

3:34 Now, the train from Tanjung Karang to Panjang is gone. But, the railroad tracks are still there today and there is only one line.
I'm sorry if my language is not good.

[@rk11384]

incredible ... thank you ... I can see my city in the past

[@tedpolet5431]

Thank you for your reply which I only read a moment ago. Yes, I know 1067mm is the standard gauge in Indonesia, but to us in Europe it is seen as narrow - we have 1435mm as our standard gauge. I know this is a definition question. In addition there is a lot of industrial 700mm gauge in Indonesia which is similar to the industrial narrow gauge in my country.

[@wellylhakim3619]

Awesome video

[@firdausfirnanda793]

Amazing

[@minangkabauvanmalayu1898]

Thank you for this video, in West Sumatera we only heard and see from the old video, whish that time come for the train. We wish your permission to repost this video on our youtube channel.

[@tedpolet5431]

No problem, please go ahead. Only mention me as the source.

[@saepulrahman9013]

Mantap
Auto muncul di berenda.

[@GamingAbiMinS]

Alhamdulilah muncul di beranda

[@rafidhiyaulhaq1107]

lah

[@anindrapratama]

1435mm also used to exist on java island
Our first railway was standard gauge
The standard gauge line was erased during Japanese occupaination

[@koichiroyamamoto1104]

The railways in Java likely to be started to be changed to from standard gauge to 1067 mm during 1870th staring from Jakarta to Bogor.

[@anindrapratama]

Koichiro Yamamoto
no only the line from Semarang to Vorsterlanden was built to 1435mm gauge
the Colonial govt stated that from 1868 all new lines must be 1067mm gauge to save costs

[@anindrapratama1665]

Our gauge is 1067mm(I'm Indonesian)

[@gembelspedavlog_0780]

Why a baggace car couple to frieght car?

[@Gg-wz8yq]

This good videos, can i use your videos for my project ser😎.

[@chandrafebrian9983]

2:53

[@CC20412]

keren om video kereta jadulnya, udh sy subscribe, mampir channel sy & subscribe balik ya... trim's slm kenal dari RF Daop 5 Pwt

[@yuyu_2608]

Saya kira rel kereta di Sumatra baru tahun 2018 dibangun, ternyata dari dulu sudah ada,tapi dalam bentuk lori/kereta kecil

[@tedpolet5431]

Terima kasih Muhammad - maafkan Bahasa Indonesia saya yang buruk. Kereta api ini dibangun pada tahun 1887 - 1896. Kereta api tujuan Bukittinggi dan Umbilin ditutup sekitar tahun 1990. Mungkin ada kereta api lain yang beroperasi sekarang, saya sudah lama tidak kesana.

[@duta2858]

@@tedpolet5431 ternyata anda bisa bahasa Indonesia hehehe.....ini teluk bayur di sumatra mana? saya baru dengar daerah itu

[@kobsbayurychaniago]

@@duta2858 teluk bayur berada di sumatera barat

[@kobsbayurychaniago]

Kereta api di sumatera juga sudah ada sejak zaman kolonial belanda. Mulai di aceh, medan, padang, palembang, dan lampung sudah ada dari lama..

[@edipitung9423]

Jalur KA dibangun Belanda sepanjang 6000km sampai 1939 setelah itu terhenti karena PD 2 tersisa sekitar 3500km yg aktip sejak 2015 banyak jalur yg mati dihidupkan kembali seperti jalur CIBATU GARUT yg sekarang sudah aktip kembali banyak jalur yg tencananya di aktipkan lagi yg masih aktip dibuatkan jalur ganda sehingga mempersingkat perjalanan KA selama era kolonial Belanda jalur kereta terbanyak di pul

[@digitalmoviedv]

Awesome video! Great scene and great camera work! If you want see my videos and review or subscribe. Greetings from Italy. Hallo, Stefano :-)