[Metre Gauge] A Spectacular Journey aboard the Barak Valley Exp. - Part 1 (Feb. 25, 2013)

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2014
  • A compilation of select footage from an exhilarating journey by the Barak Valley Exp. from Lumding to Badarpur. For nearly 11 hours, me and my companions were in paradise, as the train cut through the Barail range and played hide-n-seek with the Jatinga river. Metre Gauge trips don't get better than this!! Quick navigation links:
    - Double-headed freights at 6:11, 12:27, 15:42, 21:00
    - Train crossings at 0:43, 3:02
    - Bridges at 1:10, 4:51, 7:43, 9:41, 17:58, 18:09, 18:33, 19:19, 20:07
    - Loco chugging at 1:37, 2:42, 3:53, 4:52, 21:35
    Part 1 covers the ride till Harangajao. Part 2 can be seen here - • [Metre Gauge] A Specta... .

Комментарии • 143

  • @diliprabidas4398
    @diliprabidas4398 2 года назад +8

    I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE FEELINGS FROM MG (2005)
    I MISSED THIS RAIL VERY MUCH I HOPE MG WILL AGAIN REOPENED BUT THANKS MANI SIR!

  • @Shankar2k1
    @Shankar2k1 Год назад +1

    This MG section is now history...good that you captured the beauty of MG ....future generations at least will have this video to feel the thril of the Meter gauge

  • @SMILEVIDEOTRAINS
    @SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 10 лет назад +5

    Beautiful scenery, fascinating to view various aspects of the journey. Amazing how people ride on top of the coaches through tunnels breathing the diesel fumes. Great viaduct builders. I wonder how many workers lost their lives in construction. Most enjoyable. Thank you

  • @Greg1960H
    @Greg1960H 10 лет назад +6

    An enjoyable journey. Thank you!

  • @AbdulSalam-fz8bq
    @AbdulSalam-fz8bq 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for this amazing video...it .....reminded my childhood memories

  • @asianhemani5335
    @asianhemani5335 4 года назад +2

    @7:03 Very well expressed feelings. I am sad that the route is discontinued but happy that some recorded it. Thank you!

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  4 года назад +2

      Very sad that MG is done and dusted. Like you said, fortunately we have videos.

  • @denaliwarnakula7684
    @denaliwarnakula7684 7 лет назад +2

    I.m from Sri Lanka. We had narrow gauge railways before, unfortunately and shamelessly we lost all of them. We have done nothing to upgrade our excisting railway. You can be proud about what your have done

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  7 лет назад +3

      Thanks! But we, too, have systematically destroyed our metre gauge railways, all in the name of progress. In reality, it was about siphoning off money to private accounts :-(

  • @miscellaneous9213
    @miscellaneous9213 3 года назад +1

    These are the memories I will charish for lifetime. Thank you for recording it.

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  3 года назад +1

      You are most welcome. I, too, am glad I covered this route while it was still in MG.

  • @rajkumarchawla6575
    @rajkumarchawla6575 3 года назад +2

    बहुत सुन्दर यात्रा हैँ मेहरबानी

  • @jeetendraprasad9643
    @jeetendraprasad9643 28 дней назад

    RECALLED MY MEMORIES ...I HAD TRAVELLED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR 1998 WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL AND HAD TO GO TO SILCHAR TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS....ENJOYED A LOT BUT MISSED THE GREENERY OF THAT AREA

  • @subhradeb9878
    @subhradeb9878 2 года назад +1

    This route was far more better and beautiful to travel with. I really miss the route I miss bagetar station. It was my favourite one😔

  • @SOURAVKOL1
    @SOURAVKOL1 4 года назад +1

    My mom used to talk about this rail route which she used to travel for visiting Barak Valley Badarpur Jn. It used to be one of the beautiful rail routes of India. After watching this video she can recall all her childhood memories. Then this rail route use to be one of the lifeline of barak valley

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  4 года назад

      I am very happy that your mom was able to feel nostalgic after seeing this video. I miss MG a lot.

  • @kanakasabhainatarajan7192
    @kanakasabhainatarajan7192 10 лет назад +3

    What a remarkable journey.You have literally taken the viewers in the train itself. Thanks a million.

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  10 лет назад +1

      Thanks a lot for your feedback :-)

  • @nayanbhattacharjee6374
    @nayanbhattacharjee6374 2 года назад

    Thanks for mg train journey of NF Rly hill section video. I traveled this train journey lots of time. Most exciting, interesting, amazing, enjoyable, i enjoyed this train journey very much. I feel nostalgic whenever I see this train journey video. Thanks

  • @tahirquadri9470
    @tahirquadri9470 2 года назад +1

    Outstanding sir very good vedio graf and beautifool jorney

  • @JyotiB70045
    @JyotiB70045 10 лет назад +2

    U videos are outstanding and very good, U travel for me. I enjoy at home. Dhanyabad ...

  • @debajyotinath5021
    @debajyotinath5021 Месяц назад

    This route was very scenic during the rainy season. It was also a bit dangerous because landslides were very common during the rains.

  • @pratappawar3924
    @pratappawar3924 10 лет назад

    beautiful northeast; refreshing mg barak valley exp travel through nature;awesome track rhythm and loco chugging;great capture!... ALL IN ONE...kya baat hai..!

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  10 лет назад

      Dhanyavad!!! Have to traveled in NFR?

  • @jchugani
    @jchugani 10 лет назад

    Absolutely lovely. Enjoyed it!!

  • @chandrarajan7153
    @chandrarajan7153 2 года назад +1

    First time seeing clean stations plastic free tracks in North India

  • @shuvomoydev5428
    @shuvomoydev5428 6 лет назад +1

    Wow...... Sir..!!💓💕😘
    What a capture...
    Reliving... Those moments of my 10th standard.. How time passes...everything.. Gets changed...!!
    That 16kmph slow journey was so much soothing....😊😊😊😊😊

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks. Time passes by fast. And now this particular section has been abandoned since BG goes through a different alignment.

  • @jeanclaudeMalbec
    @jeanclaudeMalbec 5 лет назад

    This line was a real jewel. I do not get tired of watching your beautiful video of the Barak Valley in North East India. Unfortunately, its most spectacular part could not be classified as World Heritage. We will see for a long time these legendary YDM 4 and their passenger cars Jessop which circulated on this line because elsewhere the section Mhow - Omkareshwar has been preserved. These so characteristic trains of the meter gauge are part of the charm of the trip. Unfortunately what is sad is that we will not see them again in this fabulous landscape of the Barak Valley. I live at 7880 km from this line . All your magnificent videos make me make very nice trips and thank you very much. When a line disappears these videos keep it in memory. She still amazes us.

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  5 лет назад

      I totally agree with you. It's sad that they did not give this section enough importance to classify it as a World Heritage line. Now it's all gone and we can only relive it through videos.

  • @gilchyz8610
    @gilchyz8610 2 месяца назад

    I really miss the track and and the train lot's of memories i wish it would run again like before

  • @gopalanramachandran
    @gopalanramachandran 10 лет назад

    This is a great video! Competent, comprehensive and wholly enjoyable. Congratulations, Mani Vijay!

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  10 лет назад

      Very glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your feedback!

  • @Cyanide72
    @Cyanide72 10 лет назад

    Fabulous as per usual Mani! MG has such an unparalleled charm.

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  10 лет назад

      Thanks, Ashar. How are things?

    • @Cyanide72
      @Cyanide72 10 лет назад +1

      Mani Vijay Very good, just got back from my trip to India. Unfortunately, was not able to do ANY rail fanning, but perhaps next time!

  • @abdulkarimmazumdar8095
    @abdulkarimmazumdar8095 11 месяцев назад

    Feeling nostalgic after seeing these views love from Assam .

  • @johndm3073
    @johndm3073 Год назад

    Awesome scenery of meter gauge train

  • @rafeeqmohd6271
    @rafeeqmohd6271 9 лет назад

    Dear Mani Ji Thanks a lot....my father was a railway employee and we used to stay near by secunderabad railway yard and iam facinated by trains since child hood...metre guage ...oh good old days...thanks for sharing videos i had shown most of them to my father and i cant forget his smile

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  9 лет назад

      Rafeeq mohd Glad your father enjoyed the videos. At that time, MG was so active in Secunderabad. I still remember my trip on the MG Venkatadri from Bangalore to Secunderabad. Missing those days!!

    • @rafeeqmohd6271
      @rafeeqmohd6271 9 лет назад

      As a kid I used to run from Railway kindergarden and watch venkatadri express ...It used to be hauled by steam engine. ..thanks for reminding me....

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  9 лет назад

      Rafeeq mohd Those were the days, right?

    • @rafeeqmohd6271
      @rafeeqmohd6271 9 лет назад +1

      Yeah afcoz....

  • @shibendubanerjee2085
    @shibendubanerjee2085 4 года назад +1

    the new broad gauge lines are also very beautiful ..............especially from lumding to badarpur section.......

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  4 года назад

      I want to travel on this section again.

  • @sirshendub
    @sirshendub 7 лет назад

    Thank you sir - marvelously shot - really enjoyed it :)

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  7 лет назад

      Very glad you enjoyed it :-)

  • @rajeevkumar-qm9ei
    @rajeevkumar-qm9ei 7 лет назад

    one of its kind video, superbly shot, watching it gives the feeling as if one is also travelling along-nice work sir

  • @59NEIL
    @59NEIL 10 лет назад

    wonderful chugging at 4:21. superb sir

  • @MeenaSharma-jy5tc
    @MeenaSharma-jy5tc 8 лет назад +1

    Ultimate Compilation.

  • @din00o
    @din00o 10 лет назад

    enjoyed it thoroughly sir...waiting for part 2....these poor people need to see what BG is like...it will be nothing short of a spectacle if the EMD and the ALCO beasts conquer these fresh wilderness!!

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  10 лет назад

      Thanks! BG route will be scenic as well. In the meantime, MG lovers need to enjoy this :-)

    • @kskarthiks1616
      @kskarthiks1616 3 года назад

      K**k*

  • @rajarshibhattacharjya2797
    @rajarshibhattacharjya2797 7 лет назад

    There was an instance when we were travelling in First Class(Meter Gauge).One of the upper seats was missing so we had the entire enclosure to ourselves.NFR really knows how to give you a pleasant surprise!

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  7 лет назад

      Yes, it certainly does. It was such a revelation traveling in NFR and enjoying every moment.

    • @pratapsingh-kz2mu
      @pratapsingh-kz2mu Год назад

      Nice

  • @vembuvinothkumar1561
    @vembuvinothkumar1561 4 года назад

    Excellent video of beautiful view

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  4 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @udaykiran5130
    @udaykiran5130 6 лет назад

    Excellent video

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  6 лет назад

      Thanks! This was one of my favorite MG trips ever!

  • @rrsourav
    @rrsourav Месяц назад

    Nostalgia❤

  • @mamtasalvi6853
    @mamtasalvi6853 9 месяцев назад

    Nice journey

  • @VivianBoye
    @VivianBoye 10 лет назад

    superb

  • @rk11366
    @rk11366 7 лет назад

    This is just awesome sir.. Wish I traveled once in my life...

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  7 лет назад

      MG was certainly a great experience .. now all gone.

    • @prasadjoshi7373
      @prasadjoshi7373 4 года назад

      @@ManiVijay is that now converted to broad gauge?

    • @Soumchak96
      @Soumchak96 2 года назад

      @@prasadjoshi7373 yes

  • @Shamshir_Shaikh
    @Shamshir_Shaikh 8 лет назад +2

    Mani Vijay, I want to visit North East, Is 3M- Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram then 2A- Aasam, Arunachal and Tripura safe to travel ?

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  8 лет назад +1

      +shamshir sheikh It should be quite safe... I don't see any problems.

    • @Shamshir_Shaikh
      @Shamshir_Shaikh 8 лет назад

      Mani Vijay thanks, i asked bcoz i heard arunachal is dangerous

  • @celataiankupusavariswamy7546
    @celataiankupusavariswamy7546 10 месяцев назад

    Hi Mani Vijay Sir
    Your Video of #Tindivanam covered not exactly But Olden Tindivanam when I was studing@St Ann's High School 6years+3years My 9year's
    exposure to our beautiful culture never to leave me
    I immeadiatly 76completed SSLC by 77Feb I joined IAF Agra was 1st posting 2nd was Assam Silcar
    Here again Lambding to Badarpur my 2years serving@Silcar Airport IndianAirForce travelled 16 times or more And flown over Many a times to Mizirom Shillong Gahwati by MI8 this to the beauty of North East Assam too ever to leave me
    But understanding what I missed are Aplent Its too late
    What ever you rocking
    C.K.Philip.J.Swamy from Mumbai Likely to return to TamilMun
    I did not wish to miss any more my growing up periodWhat I got I some love to return to People is my mission thanks god bless your amazing service I would say
    Then 3rd posting was Mumbai18thSep2023Fri11.43am
    I got retired on medical

  • @arunava1910
    @arunava1910 14 дней назад

    Still Watching it

  • @SurenderKumar-jq3bl
    @SurenderKumar-jq3bl 4 года назад +1

    Wydm4 is super

  • @shubhamanand7117
    @shubhamanand7117 2 года назад +1

    My father used to work in longrangajao station

  • @Atgether
    @Atgether 3 года назад +1

    People are sitting over the train.

  • @DevanChauhan
    @DevanChauhan 3 года назад

    Lovely...Just comparing with my BG trip with this and looks I missed the Golden time then...

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  3 года назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! I would like to make a BG trip especially in monsoon to enjoy the surroundings. But MG had its own charm, I agree.

    • @Soumchak96
      @Soumchak96 2 года назад

      @@ManiVijay yes

    • @Soumchak96
      @Soumchak96 2 года назад

      Yes

  • @railwaynews2441
    @railwaynews2441 4 года назад +1

    Sir railfan ho to aap jaisa.

  • @pramitronria
    @pramitronria 10 лет назад

    cant get better sir! :)

  • @letstravelindia8269
    @letstravelindia8269 2 года назад

    3:34 that's the climb for new B.G line

  • @ramachandral8584
    @ramachandral8584 7 лет назад

    imagine the stupendous labourwhile this was built..
    people depend on this rail road.
    it looks like the stretch needs modernisation
    wow IR! the life line of India..

  • @ravirayalwar7284
    @ravirayalwar7284 Год назад

    pl. show the internal view of coach.

  • @tinkermccardle7393
    @tinkermccardle7393 4 года назад

    Wonderful scenery. Do the people buy tickets? I never see them being taken up or otherwise collected or sold!

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  4 года назад

      Thanks! There are ticket checkers at various stations, so if you didn't buy one before your trip, you could end-up getting caught at the destination.

  • @BarakValleyNewsBVNEWS
    @BarakValleyNewsBVNEWS 8 лет назад

    oaw very nice so i like this

  • @joyshreeepaul1426
    @joyshreeepaul1426 Год назад

    Purano Seie diner kotha aajo mone pore, din guli chilo onek bhalo,

  • @pronobbathari3016
    @pronobbathari3016 Год назад

    Watching it today i.e 23/05/2023... i m from mahur dima hasao...

  • @bggaming1681
    @bggaming1681 6 лет назад

    Kya vedio hai, Maja aa gaya

  • @user-el2ff2zf6z
    @user-el2ff2zf6z 2 года назад +1

    Yeh kon si jaga ki he

  • @kannangk5406
    @kannangk5406 3 года назад

    Wow

  • @rajarshibhattacharjya2797
    @rajarshibhattacharjya2797 7 лет назад +1

    I had been travelling these routes since my childhood.Over the years the charm has remained.There was an instance when we waited at the Lumding waiting room for over 12 hours to catch the connecting Cachar express.Nevertheless it was a relaxing wait compensated by an even more relaxing trip.

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  7 лет назад

      Oh, wow! Would love to hear more stories from you about those good old days.

  • @sanjoysarkar3529
    @sanjoysarkar3529 3 года назад

    Trains doesn't run on these tracks now?

  • @athul119
    @athul119 10 лет назад

    Oh! to travel in a train :)

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  10 лет назад

      Wonderful feeling :-)

  • @TajinderSingh-pf6wo
    @TajinderSingh-pf6wo 2 года назад

    Vijay Bhai aap abb BG lain ki video Banai sath me MG ki video bhi dekhain nya or purana dekhne me bahut Acha lagega I LOVE MG

  • @sanjeevaniganjoo3952
    @sanjeevaniganjoo3952 3 года назад

    Nice video, but no details of en routes stations and trains....

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  3 года назад +3

      This is more of a highlights video. I have plans to upload a more detailed version later.

  • @BarakValleyNewsBVNEWS
    @BarakValleyNewsBVNEWS 8 лет назад +1

    This Route Has 37 Tunnels

  • @srivenkatvidyasubramanian6348
    @srivenkatvidyasubramanian6348 4 года назад

    Barack Valley Exp is associated with a Film Song...

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  4 года назад

      That's nice. Can you tell me the name of the song?

    • @srivenkatvidyasubramanian6348
      @srivenkatvidyasubramanian6348 4 года назад

      @@ManiVijay Chaiya-Chaiya
      ruclips.net/video/PQmrmVs10X8/видео.html

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  4 года назад

      @@srivenkatvidyasubramanian6348 This song was shot on the Ooty MG train.

    • @srivenkatvidyasubramanian6348
      @srivenkatvidyasubramanian6348 4 года назад

      @@ManiVijay But in the film, SRK tells that he came 2 catch Barak Valley Express..
      ruclips.net/video/otY7FB7MHeg/видео.html

    • @abhisheknath5723
      @abhisheknath5723 3 года назад

      The all time famous song Chaiya Chaiya

  • @abhishekroy8499
    @abhishekroy8499 Год назад +1

    Kya yai aadmi abhi tak zinda hai?😴

  • @jijinrjayan8737
    @jijinrjayan8737 5 лет назад

    Once the whole NFR was MG now not a single km is MG

  • @bishumalakar693
    @bishumalakar693 3 года назад +1

    Old mg

  • @arnabchatterjee2506
    @arnabchatterjee2506 7 лет назад

    ate oooooooo manib da

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  7 лет назад

      Hoping you enjoyed it!

  • @judaohedao951
    @judaohedao951 3 года назад

    DIMAHASAO District Assam hills station northeast Indian

    • @ManiVijay
      @ManiVijay  3 года назад

      Yes. What an amazing journey that was! Now IR has robbed Dima Hasao of good rail connections bcoz the BG line is far the original stations - Lower Haflong, Haflong Hill, Bagetar, Jatinga. How do residents of Dima Hasao feel about the new broad gauge line?

  • @jaihosathishms7543
    @jaihosathishms7543 Месяц назад

    தமிழ் குரல் கேட்கிறது

  • @arnabchatterjee2506
    @arnabchatterjee2506 7 лет назад

    ate oooooooo manib danchjkidyfostfhvp