Myanmar 2017 - Steam and Pagodas
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- A video report of a rail photo tour organized in January 2017. 3 steam locomotives of the YC and YD classes are shown on the lines Bago to Pyuntaza and Bago to Mawlamyine hauling passenger and freight trains whose livery and composition are consistent with the bygone era of steam in Myanmar. A tour by www.farrail.net
Watching from Brazil in Oct 2022. Very nice!
I actually wasn't even aware that steam still existed in any kind of an operational state in Myanmar. very interesting video!
Those Steam Engines look beautiful and fascinating.
Yinnyein station is my work place. That bridge is from north village to south village railway and road bridge.
Fantastic work! Greetings from America.
I didn't I'd see you here =P
In 1978 I was in India ,with 7500 active steam locomotives on 4 gauges. This video reminds of that trip.
Fantastic, many thanks for uploading.
The people carrying stone is Zin Kyike Station. Nearest station of Yinnyein station
Great film and camera work! Awesome video with nice location and detail! Greetings from Italy. Ciao, Stefano
Bravo Claude,
Une fois de plus superbe, j'ai beaucoup apprécié les éclairages ainsi que le chargement manuel du wagon...
Michel
Thank you so much for this!
Bellísimas máquinas. Son como una viaje al pasado. ¡Maravilloso!
Great video with amazing scenery!
Due to visit Myanmar and Laos next year. Can't wait!
Thank you for sharing your video. We film natural walks through soulful cities mainly in Europe so it's lovely to see others doing similar slow tv, in places we haven't been to (but now feel we have). We really enjoyed absorbing your video and losing ourselves in it. We look forward to seeing more and have subscribed.
Thank you for your nice comment. Actually train enthusiasts love seeing trains passing by, which unavoidably leads to slow cutting. I tried once to edit a faster video and was criticised for that. So, I now adapt to the preferences of my audience. No new video foreseen this year, but in January, I hope to be going to Eritrea. So stay tuned.
15:07 - for some strange reason reminded me of "Bridge on the River Kwai". Good video!!
I believe the real River Kwai bridge (or the one that sort of-kind of inspired the movie anyway--it's actually over the Mea Klong river) is in Thailand, but the Thailand Burma railway, which the Kwai bridge is part of, connected to Burma/Myanmar Railway system, so it's not a totally out of place comparison
That was a brilliant video! Really enjoyed this one!
best interessante video !!
Wow. Such a great show for us train peeps. Hope to see you again and thanks.
Thank you fro your nice comment. I am going back to Burma next year. Different lines. Stay tuned.
I thought I saw a 2' line, overgrown and way down below the big viaduct bridge. That still there?
I did not see any narrow gauge line.
It's not on your vid I think. It's a diesel trip up country that features the switch backs and the market life and slow life. I'll look for it. They cross that huge steel bridge painted silver and a view shoots down to the jungle below and revine. There are slim tracks running up the gorge on an angle and they look overgrown too part way.
The youtube video title is: Myan Mar, Time Travel by Rail. At 29:31 minutes it shows the tracks way below. Something going on in the past maybe on a 2' gauge line.
The shed is Mottama shed. We call locomotive fix work.
I dunno man, I would get kinda spooked if I needed my train blessed before taking it down the rails ^.^
They probably don't charge as much as proper maintenance.
Steam power seems appropriate to these surroundings. A window to a simpler age.
Superb video. Is this locomotive still running a regular schedule. Is it possible to take it? Thanks for posting.
As far as I know, these locomotives are no longer in regular use. Next opportunity: January 2018. (www.farrail.eu)
Wow! Super like your video and thank a lot! I am from Myanmar, and only have tried Yangon (Rangoon)-Pyay (Prome), Yangon-Mandalay, and Yangon- Mawlamyine (Moulmein) routes. [71Up & 72 Down, 5Up & 6 Down, 11Up, 15Up & 16 Down (no longer active), 89Up & 36Down]
How many days did you record when the train has been passed of each spot or each station? very very perfect :)
Thank you for your nice comment. This was a 12 days tour of which 8 full days along the railway. (Farrail).
I think at least they tried. Nice shots of Burma. Good old British semaphore signalling! Was that narrow gauge in parallel with the main line at the level crossing?
No. There exists narrow gauge in Myanmar, but for the region we visited, everything is meter gauge.
There had been narrow gauge lines in Rakhine state (Butheetaung-Maungdaw) and Mon state(Thaton-Duyinzeik).The existing narrow gauge line is (2)ft gauge Bawdwin Mines railway in Shan state.
Fun Fact : These Type Of Steam Train Are In Sabah Too! But Its A Luxury,Deluxe,Old Steamer,And Has The Same Whistle!
I guess you refer to the Kota-Kinabalu to Tenom line. Their steam locomotive is similar to the Burmese ones but smaller. If it has not changed, it is a wood burner.
@@KochersbergTV i forgot to tell about that aswell ;-;.
Some pictures from this railway taken in 1996 are here: www.ona.vu/Documents/vignettes.php?lieu=Tenom
@@KochersbergTV “Tanks” :D
Are the three engines preserved and are they still operable and where it this at
These locomotives are preserved. That is to say that they are not normally used on regular trains, but they are considered as serviceable. They are resident of the Bago depot, as used to be the case at the times steam traction was officially withdrawn, in 2007 if I am not mistaken. It seems that the Myanmar railways are planning to run a old-fashioned train for tourists, a bit like the Vice Roy in Sri Lanka. Not sure how advanced this project can be.
Very spheric captures in this video, especially the different exposure conditions are well used.
It seems to me that not much of the signaling is working anymore, most signals miss the coloured lenses and there are flagmen everywhere conducting the train.
What I like most about Myanmar is the fact that ugly modernism like screaming adverts and ugly modern buildings have not infuenced the image too much yet, not having a free open market does have some advantages, you could call Myanmar the Cuba of South East Asia and a trip like this is high on my wish list.
aww, Steam engines are so cute.
😘😘😘
Is the loco built by Vulcan?
I would say North British.
Class YC No 629 was built by the Škoda Locomotive Works in Czechoslovakia in 1932 (entered service in Myanmar in 1947-8). Class YD Nos 964 and 967 were built by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in 1929 (entered service in Myanmar in 1949-50).
Did the train ever get any speed up during the trip?
Maximum speed in the country is 50 km/h, but due to the poor state of the track train usually run more slowly. This is especially true on the many bridges on the Bago-Malaminye line.
Thank you for the reply. I bet that these engines can get up quite a gallup when they want to!
Yes, especially the YB Pacific, with "relatively" large wheels. They are modern locomotives, fitted with roller bearings. Quite nice actually.
They were blessing the train 🚂 at the beginning. Why’d they do that I wonder?
Just to make sure an accident does not happen. And it worked... Everything worked smoothly.
What gauge are these on and where were they built?
All Burmese railways are meter gauge.
KochersbergTV thank you and the country of origin of these locomotives?
Built in the UK for the meter gauge railways in India in the 1920's, replaced in India by locally built locomotives (Tata) and then sent to Burma after independence (50's)
KochersbergTV thank you for your reply this was most enlightening.
My Myanmar or Burma
British build locomotives
anna jeannette Dm
What is Dm? Are they British Built?
I wouldn't call these trains authentic at all..
You may be right, but what would request for the trains to look "authentic"?
KochersbergTV Scheduled daily services is authentic to me. But I sing praise to the tour operator for getting these locomotives going and I really like how you've captured it. It's a tough situation especially in South East Asia. Locomotives are serviceable but they require money to move. I've experienced this before and I still don't know how to feel about it.
Yes, you are right. What I wanted to say was that the choice of the rolling stock, including the livery was consistent with the (bygone) era of steam operation, which is not always the case with chartered steam trains. I will reformulate my introduction accordingly. Thank you for this interesting discussion.
South East Asia does not have that much authentic steam trains anymore (depends on your definition of authentic). The only 100% authentic steams left in South East Asia is in Java, but even so it's not that much anymore (only 2 places remaining). However, if your definition of authentic means regular or some steam days, well, North Borneo runs steams every Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Thailand run steams on a couple of days during the year.
What a disgusting air pollution!!!
You have enthusiasts giving up their time and resources to keep these locos alive in a developing country, you should be happy that they are keeping steam trains running. 1 steam train say twice a year on a heritage trip wont do a thing to the enviroment. Its the jet planes and cars you need to worry about, enviromentalist